Questions tagged [knowledge-based-systems]

For questions related to knowledge-based systems in the context of artificial intelligence.

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Can Bayesian inference be combined with knowledge-based systems?

I've been struggling with the connection between knowledge-based AI systems and Bayesian inference for a while now. While I continue to sweep through the literature, I would be happy if someone can answer these more specific questions directly Are…
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Knowledge representation and reasoning(KRR) over a Image scene: Neurosymbolic AI

What are the ways and SOTA in domain of knowledge representation and reasoning over scene. Suppose there are 3 objects in the scene and which objects needs to be picked first among them is governed by 'Rules' written in text form, like Object which…
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What is the place of ontologies in artificial intelligence?

Very much a general question here, from a somewhat uneducated perspective. I'm currently part way through an MSc in AI, and at the minute I am taking a module on Knowledge Engineering and Computational Creativity. The professor taking the class…
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Are my attempts to write "There exists a student studying all the subjects of the information technology subject" in FOL correct?

I have the following sentence, which I need to write in FOL There exists a student studying all the subjects of the information technology subject I don't know how $\forall$ can be combined with the $\land$. It was written by my teacher as…
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Is there any other (possibly less popular) approach to create AI apart from statistical methods?

From what I have gathered so far, an AI has some prior (stored in the form of some probability distribution), and, based on experiences/data, changes the distribution (via Bayes rule) accordingly. This idea seems intuitively correct, as humans do…
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How is forward chaining complete?

Can anyone explain why forward chaining is complete? The AIMA proof went over my head. I understood the working of the algorithm and how we finally have an inferred set of all atomic sentences in the KB and the additional sentences inferred but I…
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AIMA, Inference Algorithm - Sound or Truth Preserving

AIMA: Chapter 7, page 216, Global Edition. An inference algorithm that derives only entailed sentences is called sound or truth preserving. Soundness is a highly desirable property. An unsound inference procedure essentially makes things up as it…