5. Decisioning Systems
During the past several decades, many AI applications have emerged to showcase the capabilities of computers in making decisions and solving complex problems in a somewhat similar manner to the way human beings are capable of doing. Even though the term artificial intelligence (AI) has many different definitions, most experts agree that it is concerned with two basic ideas. First, it involves studying the thought processes of humans to understand what intelligence is. Second, it deals with representing and duplicating those thought processes in computers and robots. One well-publicized, classic definition of AI is the behavior by a machine that, if performed by a human being, would be called intelligent. Figure 5.1 shows ...
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