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| intelligence (decision making) |
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| find or recognize a problem, need or opportunity (find what to fix) |
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| consider possible ways of solving the problem, filling the need, or taking advantage of the opportunity (find fixes) |
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| Examine and weigh the merits of each solution, estimate the consequences of each and choose the best one (pick a fix) |
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| implementation (decision making) |
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| Carry out the chosen solution, monitor the results, and make adjustments as necessary (apply the fix) |
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| is making a choice that meets your needs and is satisfactory without necessarily being the best possible choice available |
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| involves processing a certain kind of information in a specified way so that you will always get the right answer |
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| is a decision that has several "right" answers, and there is no way to get the right answer |
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| is one that happens repeatedly, rather than periodically |
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| nonrecurring, or ad hoc, decision |
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| is one that you make infrequently |
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| decision support system (DSS) |
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| is a highly flexible and interactive IT system that is designed to support decision making when the problem is not structured |
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| consists of both the DSS models and the DSS model management system |
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| performs the function of storing and maintaining the information that you want your DSS to use |
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| user interface management |
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| allows you to communicate with the DSS |
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| geographic information system (GIS) |
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| is a decision support system designed specifically to analyze spatial information |
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| artificial intelligence (AI) |
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| the science of making machines imitate human thinking and behavior |
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| expert system (knowledge based system) |
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| is an artificial intelligence system that applies reasoning capabilities to reach a conclusion |
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| neural network (arificial neural network)(ANN) |
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| is an artificial system that is capable of finding and differentiating patterns |
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| is a mathematical method of handling imprecise or subjective information |
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| is an artificial intelligence system that mimics the evolutionary, survival-of-the-fittest process to generate increasingly better solutions to a problem |
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| selection (genetic algorithm 1/3) |
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| or survival of the fittest |
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| crossover (genetics algorithm 2/3) |
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| or combining portions of good outcomes in the hope of creating an even better outcome |
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| mutation (genetic algorithm 3/3) |
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| randomly trying combinations and evaluating the success of the outcome |
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| is software that assists you, or acts on you behalf, in performing repetitive computer-related tasks |
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| they search for information of some kind and bring it back |
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| buyer agent (shipping bot) |
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| is an intelligent agent on a web site that helps you, the customer, find products and services that you need |
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| monitoring-and-surveillance agents (predictive agents) |
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| are intelligent agents that constantly observe and report on some entity of interest, a network or manufacturing equipment |
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| operates in a warehouse discovering information |
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| user agents (personal agents) |
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| are intelligent agents that take action on your behalf (playing video games against a computer) |
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| the concept of learning from ecosystems and adapting their characteristics to human and organizational situations |
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| in this system, groups of intelligent agents have the ability to work independently and to interact with each other |
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| is a way of simulating human organizations using multiple intelligent agents, each of which follows a set of simple rules and can adapt to changing conditions |
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| swarm (collective) intelligence |
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| is the collective behavior of groups of simple agents that are capable of devising solutions to problems as they arise, eventually leading to coherent global patterns |
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