purpose (expert system)

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

The glossary is being gradually proof checked, but currently has many typos and misspellings.

Expert systems, and indeed AI in general, may be used for many purposes. One key difference is whether they are used to determine the current state, for example to diagnose a disease or locat an ore deposit. or predict the future state, for example, whether someone will have another heart attack or the value of a company's stock tomorrow.

Used in Chap. 18: page 288

Also known as current state, prediction