Artificial Intelligence for Business, 2nd Edition

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Zeroing in on the Best Approach

In this chapter:

• Deciding whether an expert system or machine learning is best

• Choosing between supervised and unsupervised learning

• Using backpropagation of errors to facilitate a machine’s ability to sort and classify

• Employing regression analysis to identify connections

Prior to starting your own artificial intelligence (AI) program, you need to make some choices, such as whether an expert system or machine learning (ML) is best for your particular use case. Although ML is certainly more advanced, an expert system is often best for certain applications. If you decide to go the ML route, you have additional ...