Exam 4: Decision Support and Artificial Intelligence

Allstate Insurance uses a network monitoring agent called Neugent that watches its network 24 hours a day.

If you were using your PDA and it was analyzing and reacting to a word you wrote on the pad, what type of system would you be using?

In statistics, probability is used to estimate the likelihood of an outcome, whereas fuzzy logic describes the data point itself while incorporating subjective perceptions.

What is a geographic information system's major strength?

The _____ allows you to communicate with the DSS.

What is the biggest problem with neural networks?

_____ is any information that can be shown in map form.

Which type of intelligent agent works for you to complete tasks such as prioritizing email?

What type of system is often referred to as a predictive system because it sees patterns in vast amounts of information?

A(n) _____ is a decision support system designed specifically to work with spatial information.

One of the most common types of data mining is classification, which finds patterns in information and categorizes items into those classes.

When you make a choice that may not necessarily be the best choice but it meets your needs, you're making a(n) _____ choice.

In what decision making phase do you implement solutions and monitor and adjust the environment based on the consequences of these solutions?

Selection as it refers to evolution means giving preference to better outcomes.

Which type of artificial intelligent system mimics the evolutionary, survival-of-the-fittest process to generate increasingly better solutions to a problem?

An expert system is fundamentally the same as a DSS.

The _____ phase of decision making involves considering possible ways of solving a problem.

An expert system can be used for medical diagnosis by giving symptoms and trying to determine what is wrong.

The _____ phase of decision making carries out the chosen solutions, monitors the results, and makes adjustments as necessary.

When businesses utilize GIS software to generate maps, we call it _____.