Exam 4: Decision Support and Artificial Intelligence

An expert system is capable of all but which of the following?

A buyer agent is an intelligent agent on a Web site that helps the customer find _____.

A(n)_____ is an artificial intelligence system that is capable of finding and differentiating patterns.

_____ is learning from ecosystems and adapting their characteristics to human organizations.

A structured decision involves processing a certain kind of information in a specified way so that you will always get the right answer.No "feel" or intuition is necessary.

Genetic algorithms use three concepts to solve problems.Which of the following is not one of these three concepts?

Which of the four types of decisions occur sporadically,perhaps only once?

If you needed to analyze the bear population in New Jersey and their interactions with humans located in towns and cities,what type of computer application should you use?

_____ focuses on storing and managing statistical models used within decision support systems.

What type of science studies ecosystems and learns how to adapt the behaviors of intelligent agents based on these observations?

Fuzzy logic works like the human brain in that it needs precise facts to process information.

What type of intelligence is based on the collective behavior of groups of simple agents and how these groups work to solve complex and mutual problems?

Data management and model management are both used in decision support systems.

Most decisions fall somewhere between structured and nonstructured.

If you needed to analyze a problem,for instance,the type of career path you wished to follow,and there were hundreds if not thousands of different possibilities (e.g.,geographical area,industry,salary),what type of system could you employ to find the best career for you?

If you were "tweaking" your technology solution so that it worked more efficiently than its original form,what decision making phase would you be in?

What is the term used when businesses employ GIS software to generate maps showing information of interest to them?

If you were to take facts about your business,mix them with historical information,and then create a computer simulation to help you understand future events,you would be creating ____.

The _____ phase of decision making involves examining and selecting a solution.

A neural network is an artificial intelligence system that is capable of finding and differentiating patterns.