Question 1

This type of agent resides inside a data warehouse in an attempt to discover changes in business trends.

Accepted Answer

A)  semiautonomous agent 
B)  cooperative agent 
C)  data mining agent 
D)  filtering agent 
A)  semiautonomous agent 
B)  cooperative agent 
C)  data mining agent 
D)  filtering agent C

Question 2

A fundamental difference between a data mining approach to problem solving and an expert systems approach is

Accepted Answer

A)  the output of an expert system is a set of rules and the output of a data mining technique is a decision tree. 
B)  a data mining technique builds a model without the aid of a human expert. 
C)  a model built using a data mining technique can explain how decisions are made but an expert system cannot. 
D)  an expert system is built using inductive learning whereas a data mining model is built using one or several deductive techniques 
A)  the output of an expert system is a set of rules and the output of a data mining technique is a decision tree. 
B)  a data mining technique builds a model without the aid of a human expert. 
C)  a model built using a data mining technique can explain how decisions are made but an expert system cannot. 
D)  an expert system is built using inductive learning whereas a data mining model is built using one or several deductive techniques B

Question 3

Autonomy is an agent's ability to

Accepted Answer

A)  react to a changing environment. 
B)  act without direct intervention from others. 
C)  confer with other agents. 
D)  react to sensory information received from the environment. 
A)  react to a changing environment. 
B)  act without direct intervention from others. 
C)  confer with other agents. 
D)  react to sensory information received from the environment. B

Question 4

An agent's ability to choose its actions in the context of other agents.

Accepted Answer

A)  autonomy 
B)  cooperation 
C)  adaptivity 
D)  coordination 
A)  autonomy 
B)  cooperation 
C)  adaptivity 
D)  coordination

Question 5

An expert system contains _________ knowledge whereas the knowledge processed by an intelligent agent is _____________

Accepted Answer

A)  personal, general 
B)  general, personal 
C)  direct, indirect 
D)  indirect, direct 
A)  personal, general 
B)  general, personal 
C)  direct, indirect 
D)  indirect, direct

Question 6

Data mining techniques and intelligent agents are similar in that they

Accepted Answer

A)  are both used for hypotheses testing. 
B)  both have the ability to learn. 
C)  are goal directed. 
D)  both build models from data. 
A)  are both used for hypotheses testing. 
B)  both have the ability to learn. 
C)  are goal directed. 
D)  both build models from data.

This type of agent resides inside a data warehouse in an attempt to discover changes in business trends.

A fundamental difference between a data mining approach to problem solving and an expert systems approach is

Autonomy is an agent's ability to

An agent's ability to choose its actions in the context of other agents.

An expert system contains _ knowledge whereas the knowledge processed by an intelligent agent is _____

Data mining techniques and intelligent agents are similar in that they

Data Mining: a First View

Data Mining: a Closer Look

Basic Data Mining Techniques

An Excel-Based Data Mining Tool

Knowledge Discovery in Databases

The Data Warehouse

Formal Evaluation Techniques

Neural Networks

Building Neural Networks With Ida

Statistical Techniques

Specialized Techniques

Rule-Based Systems

Managing Uncertainty in Rule-Based Systems

Filters

Exam 14: Intelligent Agents

This type of agent resides inside a data warehouse in an attempt to discover changes in business trends.

A fundamental difference between a data mining approach to problem solving and an expert systems approach is

Autonomy is an agent's ability to

An agent's ability to choose its actions in the context of other agents.

An expert system contains _________ knowledge whereas the knowledge processed by an intelligent agent is _____________

Data mining techniques and intelligent agents are similar in that they

Data Mining: a First View

Data Mining: a Closer Look

Basic Data Mining Techniques

An Excel-Based Data Mining Tool

Knowledge Discovery in Databases

The Data Warehouse

Formal Evaluation Techniques

Neural Networks

Building Neural Networks With Ida

Statistical Techniques

Specialized Techniques

Rule-Based Systems

Managing Uncertainty in Rule-Based Systems

Filters

An expert system contains _ knowledge whereas the knowledge processed by an intelligent agent is _____