University of Kerbala-Science College-Computer Science: Knowledge Representation KR
University of Kerbala-Science College-Computer Science: Knowledge Representation KR
2. The AI Cycle.
5. Formal KR techniques
6. Knowledge Pyramid.
1. Introduction
Artificial Intelligence (AI) a field of computer science and engineering concerned with the
computational understanding of what is commonly called intelligent behavior, and with the
creation of artifacts that exhibit such behavior.
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2. The AI Cycle
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Components of AI systems
Knowledge representation (KR) and reasoning are closely coupled components; each is
intrinsically tied to the other. A representation scheme is not meaningful on its own; it must
be useful and helpful in achieve certain tasks. The same information may be represented in
many different ways, depending on how you want to use that information.
For example, in mathematics, if we want to solve problems about ratios, we would most
likely use algebra, but we could also use simple hand-drawn symbols. To say half of
something, you could use 0.5x or you could draw a picture of the object with half of it
colored differently.
Both would convey the same information but the former is more compact and useful in
complex scenarios where you want to perform reasoning on the information. It is important
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at this point to understand how knowledge representation and reasoning are interdependent
components, and as AI system designer, you have to consider this relationship when coming
up with any solution.
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