symbolic systems

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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Symbolic systems use symbols such as names, places, and concepts whch are manipulated by explicit rules. In contrast subsymbolic systems, such as neural networks use low-level representations such as the weights between nodes.

Used in Chap. 1: pages 1, 7; Chap. 6: page 93; Chap. 20: page 336; Chap. 21: page 352

Also known as symbolic AI