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A(n) _____ consists of programs that mimic human thought behavior in a specific area that human specialists have solved successfully

____ consist of common sense, rules of thumb, educated guesses, and instinctive judgments.

In the context of the components of an expert system, a(n) _____ is similar to the model base component of a decision support system

In the backward chaining technique, used by the inference engine component of an expert system, the expert system starts with the goal, which is the _____ part, and backtracks to find the right solution

Intelligent agents demonstrate _____, which is the ability to select problems or situations that need attention and act on them

_____ are used with neural networks and fuzzy logic systems to solve scheduling, engineering design, and marketing problems

The size and complexity of the human language has made developing _____ systems difficult

____ is a problem-solving technique where each problem in a database is stored with a description and keywords that identify it

To solve a problem, a case-based reasoning application first ________ the most similar case from the library of past cases

In fuzzy logic, a degree of membership indicates _______.