Chapter 13

Question 1

AI

Answer 1

consists of related technologies that try to simulate and reproduce human thought and behavior, including thinking, speaking, feeling, and reasoning

Question 2

Expert Systems

Answer 2

– systems that mimics human expertise in a field to solve a problem in a well-defined area

Question 3

how expert systems are used

Answer 3

1. Used for activities that human experts have already handled successfully
    Tasks in medicine, geology, education, and oil exploration
2. Components of Expert Systems (basic understanding of what they do is enough):
    Knowledge acquisition facility
    Knowledge base
    Knowledge base management system (KBMS)
    Explanation facility
    Inference engine

Question 4

Machine Learning

Answer 4

1. Computers can learn without explicitly programmed.
2. Artificial Neural Networks (ANN)- networks that learn and are capable of performing tasks that are difficult with conventional computers

Question 5

Fuzzy Logic

Answer 5

Allows a smooth, gradual transition between human and computer vocabularies
2. deals with variations in linguistic terms by using a degree of membership

3. Designed to help computers simulate vagueness and uncertainty in common situations
4. Works based on the degree of membership in a set

Question 6

• Understand Contextual Computing

Answer 6

1. Aka 6th sense
2. Computer knowing surroundings and making recommendations based on
3. Ex: smart home

Question 7

• Understand Genetic Algorithms

1

Answer 7

. Mimic the process of natural evolution

Question 8

NLP

Answer 8

natural language processor- 1. Created so users can communicate with computer in human language

Question 9

NLP used for

Answer 9

banking by phone
call routing
stock and bond trading

Question 10

activities performed by NLP

Answer 10

Interfacing
 Accepting human language as input

Knowledge actuation
 Using computer to read large amount of text