CLASS 706, DATA PROCESSING - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
1 | FUZZY LOGIC HARDWARE: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising a specific circuit arrangement
for performing approximate reasoning where truth values and quantifiers are
represented by possibility distributions.
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2 | . Fuzzy neural network: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter comprising interconnected processors that
perform the approximate reasoning.
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3 | . Analog fuzzy computer (e.g., controller): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the circuit arrangement comprises
electrical components that perform arithmetic operations upon electrical
signals, which are continuously varying representations of
physical quantities or which are some function of quantities.
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4 | . Digital fuzzy computer (e.g., controller): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the circuit arrangement comprises
electrical components that perform calculation upon discrete electrical
signals representing a value normally described by numerical digits.
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5 | . Having function generator: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the circuit arrangement contains
an electrical device capable of producing one or more functions
for fuzzy sets.
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6 | .. By neural network: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 5. Subject matter wherein the function generator is controlled
by a parallel distributed processing processor constructed in hardware
or simulated in software.
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7 | . Having a function calculator: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the circuit arrangement contains
at least a function calculator.
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8 | . Fuzzy inference processing: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein a conclusion is deduced from a set of rules based on the approximate reasoning. | |
9 | . Defuzzification processing: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 1. Subject matter wherein the circuit arrangement produces a crisp value for a conclusion. | |
10 | PLURAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising (1) computers that
emulate intelligence connected in parallel or distributed arrangement, or (2) a
compound system having as least one significant artificial intelligence
system.
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11 | HAVING PARTICULAR USER INTERFACE: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein presentation of data to a computer
operator of a system contains components that enable interaction
by (1) nonverbal representations or symbols or (2) statements
in standard English syntax
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12 | MACHINE LEARNING: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein a system has the capability to automatically
add to its current integrated collection of facts and relationships.
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13 | . Genetic algorithm and genetic programming system: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 12. Subject matter wherein a system uses a sequence of steps
that (1) starts with a group of solutions to a
problem, (2) represents each solution
as a coded data string, (3) divides and splices
a coded data string to create new solutions, and (4) determines
fitness of the new solutions.
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14 | ADAPTIVE SYSTEM: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein (1) a system continually
adjusts its own set of rules (e.g., learns by
example) or (2) a system that evolves
in any way into a system which continually adjusts its own set of
rules.
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15 | NEURAL NETWORK: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter including a system which comprises a parallel
process performed by a distributed architecture that learns to recognize and
classify input data and is (1) constructed in hardware, (2) emulated
in software, or (3) a combination of
hardware construction and emulation software.
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16 | . Learning task: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein the system is trained to accomplish
a specific application.
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17 | .. Approximation: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein the system estimates a solution to
a function from input data.
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18 | .. Association: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein the system learns to identify stored
patterns similar to input patterns.
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19 | .. Constraint optimization problem solving: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein the system finds a best solution from specific input data. | |
20 | .. Classification or recognition: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein the system learns to categorize or
identify input data.
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21 | .. Prediction: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein the system learns to forecast future patterns from input patterns. | |
22 | .. Signal processing (e.g., filter): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein the system intentionally changes characteristics of a conveyer of information. | |
23 | .. Control: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein the system models, monitors, or
regulates a physical system.
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24 | .. Beamforming(e.g., target location, radar): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 16. Subject matter wherein the system decides correct direction
for a collection of parallel rays.
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25 | . Learning method: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein the system acquires its internal
set of rules.
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26 | . Structure: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter wherein the system contains construction
details of processors or their interconnections.
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27 | .. Architecture: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Subject matter wherein the structure (1) are organized
for a specific network topology or (2) use neural
processors to perform specific transform functions.
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28 | ... Modular: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Subject matter wherein the architecture comprises a plurality of identical modules of neural networks. | |
29 | ... Lattice: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Subject matter wherein the architecture comprises a plurality of locally interconnected neuron processors. | |
30 | ... Recurrent: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Subject matter wherein the architecture comprises feedback interconnections. | |
31 | ... Multilayer feedforward: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Subject matter wherein the architecture comprises two or more groups of neural processors, where at least one group of neural processors bypasses a group of neural processors. | |
32 | ... Single-layer: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 27. Subject matter wherein the architecture comprises one group of processors. | |
33 | .. Semiconductor neural network: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Subject matter wherein the structure contains a solid or
liquid electronic conductor in which an electrical charge carrier
concentration increases with increasing temperature over a temperature
range.
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34 | .. Hybrid network (i.e., analog and digital): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Subject matter wherein the structure contains analog and digital components. | |
35 | ... Using pulse modulation: |
Subject matter undersubclass
34 wherein the hybrid network uses an electrical voltage having
a definite rise and decay that varies in amplitude, frequency
or phase.
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36 | ... Having multiplying digital-to-analog converter: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Subject matter wherein the hybrid network contains a device
that (1) outputs a product of a magnitude represented
by two or more input signals and (2) changes pulse(bit) signals
to continuous signals.
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37 | ... Having digital weight: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 34. Subject matter wherein the hybrid network comprises interconnections of bits (maintained in a binary memory) that represent a numerical value as a function of bit position code word. | |
38 | .. Analog neural network: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Subject matter wherein the structure comprises representations of numerical quantities by means of physical variables. | |
39 | ... Modifiable weight: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 38. Subject matter wherein the analog neural network comprises programmable or adjustable interconnections. | |
40 | .. Radiant energy neural network: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Subject matter wherein the structure contains at least a
source or detector of radiant wave energy.
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41 | .. Digital neural network: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 26. Subject matter wherein the structure contains a processing component that can assume only two values. | |
42 | ... Parallel connection: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Subject matter comprising an interface in which all bits of data in a given byte are transferred simultaneously, using separate data lines for each bit. | |
43 | ... Digital neuron processor: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 41. Subject matter wherein a node of the system comprises logic circuitry that assumes binary values. | |
44 | . Neural simulation environment: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 15. Subject matter comprising an apparatus (or method) for
developing substitution or testing of actual operational conditions
of the system using a general purpose digital computer.
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45 | KNOWLEDGE PROCESSING SYSTEM: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter wherein a system comprises specific domain
data that (1) is integrated as a collection of
facts and relationships (i.e., knowledge
representation) and (2) applies a reasoning
technique.
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46 | . Knowledge representation and reasoning technique: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Subject matter wherein a process or system uses a specific (1) method or system for processing the integrated collection of facts and relationships, (2) inferencing method or system, (3) method or system for interconnecting parts of an expert system, (4) internal or external structured data accessing method or system, or (5) method or system for searching the integrated collection of facts and relationships. | |
47 | .. Rule-based reasoning system: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter comprising an inferencing method or system
using logic processing that (1) starts with a
set of known facts and applies rules to the facts until no new facts
are generated (i.e., forward
chaining), or (2) starts with
a goal, finds rules to fit the goal, and checks
to determine if known facts fit the rules (i.e., backward
chaining).
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48 | ... Having specific pattern matching or control technique: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 47. Subject matter comprising a system that (1) uses a reticular network algorithm of the collection of facts and relationships, (2) uses a hierarchy of collections (i.e., a higher level integrated collection of facts and relationships about a lower level integrated collection of facts and relationships) or (3) resolves conflicts to determine a firing order for rules. | |
49 | .. Blackboard system: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter comprising a specific method or system for interconnecting parts of the knowledge processing system and having a special memory (i.e., blackboard) that allows data from one part of the knowledge processing system to be written so that it can be accessed by other parts of the knowledge processing system. | |
50 | .. Having specific management of a knowledge base: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter comprising a specific data accessing method
or system (such as a database management or a lookup table) to
access a database containing information of the knowledge processing
system (i.e., knowledge base).
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51 | .. Non-monotonic reasoning system: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter wherein processing of the integrated collection
of facts and relationships contains belief revision (tracking
dependencies among propositions).
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52 | .. Reasoning under uncertainty (e.g., fuzzy logic): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter wherein the integrated collection of facts
and relationships contain inexact knowledge.
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53 | .. Frame-based reasoning system: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter wherein the integrated collection of facts
and relationships (1) is connected in a hierarchy
of levels that allow facts or relationships missing in a lower level
to be inherited from a connected higher level, (2) uses
a set of slots related to a specific object, each slot storing
a feature of the object, (3) uses an
outline (i.e., a script) of
an episode of a certain type, or (4) uses
a name of some item (i.e., an object) in
either an object attribute-value triplet or an object-attribute
pair.
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54 | .. Analogical reasoning system: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter wherein the integrated collection of facts
and relationships (1) is in an object having a
set of attributer value pairs and (2) has retrieval
based on a measure or similarity between query and stored objects.
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55 | .. Semantic network (i.e., conceptual dependency, fact based structure): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter wherein the integrated collection of facts
and relationships formalizes object and values as nodes, and
connects the nodes with arcs that indicate relationships between the
various nodes.
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56 | .. Predicate logic or predicate calculus: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 48. Subject matter wherein the integrated collection of facts
and relationships uses a complex reasoning system formed with symbols (arguments
and predicates).
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57 | .. Propositional logic: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter wherein the integrated collection of facts
and relationships uses a reasoning system formed with truth values (e.g., X
is a metal, if C then D) or logic connectives (e.g., and, or, not).
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58 | .. Temporal logic: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 46. Subject matter wherein the integrated collection of facts and relationships contain data having a representation for an aspect of time. | |
59 | . Creation or modification: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 45. Subject matter comprising software or hardware for initially
developing or altering a knowledge processing system.
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60 | .. Expert system shell or tool: |
Subject matter under 59 wherein the software for developing
a knowledge processing system (1) provides an
interface to a knowledge base or a knowledge processing system or (2) contains
an inference engine, a user interface, and knowledge
acquisition aids, but no knowledge base (i.e., a "tool").
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61 | .. Knowledge acquisition by a knowledge processing system: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 59. Subject matter wherein the system automatically adds to
its current integrated collection of facts and relationships.
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62 | MISCELLANEOUS: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter not provided for in any of the preceding subclasses. | |
900 | FUZZY LOGIC: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising data processing with inexact reasoning
implemented using set membership functions.
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902 | APPLICATION USING AI HAVING DETAIL OF THE AI SYSTEM: |
This subclass is indented under the class definition. Subject matter comprising an expert system having a specific area of application. | |
903 | . Control: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 902. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides control data. | |
904 | .. Manufacturing or machine (e.g., agriculture machinery, machine tool): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 903. Subject matter wherein the application is related to manufacturing or machinery. | |
905 | .. Vehicle or aerospace: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 903. Subject matter wherein the application is related to a vehicle or aerospace. | |
906 | .. Process plant: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 903. Subject matter wherein the application is related to a process plant. | |
907 | ... Power plant: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 906. Subject matter wherein the process plant is a power plant. | |
908 | .. Electronic or computer(internal or network) circuit: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 903. Subject matter wherein the application is related to an electronic circuit, or to the internal operation of a computer or its connection in a network. | |
909 | .. Communication: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 903. Subject matter wherein the application is related to communication. | |
910 | .. Elevator: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 903. Subject matter wherein the application area is related to an elevator. | |
911 | . Nonmedical diagnostics: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 902. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides nonmedical diagnostic data. | |
912 | .. Manufacturing or machine (e.g., agriculture machinery, machine tool): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 911. Subject matter wherein the application is related to manufacturing or machinery). | |
913 | .. Vehicle or aerospace: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 911. Subject matter wherein the application is related to a vehicle or aerospace. | |
914 | .. Process plant: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 911. Subject matter wherein the application is related to a process plant. | |
915 | ... Power plant: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 914. Subject matter wherein the process plant is a power plant. | |
916 | .. Electronic or computer (internal or network) circuit: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 911. Subject matter wherein the application is related to an electronic circuit, or to the internal operation of a computer or its connection in a network. | |
917 | .. Communication: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 911. Subject matter wherein the application is related to communication. | |
918 | .. Elevator: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 911. Subject matter wherein the application area is related to an elevator. | |
919 | . Designing, planning, programming, CAD, CASE: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 902. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides data related to designing of an object, plan preparation, program preparation, computer aided design (i.e., CAD), or computer aided software engineering (i.e., CASE). | |
920 | .. Simulation: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 919. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides simulation related data, e.g., three-dimensional computer simulation of a piston of a car on a computer screen. | |
921 | .. Layout (e.g., circuit, construction): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 919. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides layout related data, e.g. computer circuit layout or building layout. | |
922 | .. Computer program preparation: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 919. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides computer program preparation related data. | |
923 | .. Construction: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 919. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides data related to construction industry, e.g., building codes. | |
924 | . Medical: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 902. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides medical related data. | |
925 | . Business: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 902. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides business related data. | |
926 | .. Time management: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 925. Subject matter wherein the data is time management data. | |
927 | . Education or instruction: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 902. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides education or instruction data. | |
928 | . Earth science: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 902. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides earth related science data. | |
929 | .. Geological (e.g., seismology): |
This subclass is indented under subclass 928. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides geology related data. | |
930 | .. Environment: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 928. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides environment related data. | |
931 | ... Weather: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 930. Subject matter wherein the data is weather data. | |
932 | . Mathematics, science, or engineering: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 902. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides mathematics, science or engineering related data. | |
933 | . Law, law enforcement, or government: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 902. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides law, law enforcement, or government related data. | |
934 | . Information retrieval or information management: |
This subclass is indented under subclass 902. Subject matter wherein the expert system provides information retrieval or information management related data. | |
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FOR 100 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the system or method has the capacity to perform one or more of the functions of recognition, speech signal processing, knowledge processing (i.e., propositional logic, reasoning, learning, self-improvement), complex operations of a manipulator (e.g., robot* control), or inexact reasoning (e.g., fuzzy logic). | |
FOR 101 | . Fuzzy logic hardware: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the system includes a specific circuit arrangement for performing logic with more than two levels, e.g., nonbinary or analog logic systems. | |
FOR 102 | . Knowledge processing: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the system or method (1) has the capacity to process knowledge (i.e., data comprised of an integrated collection of facts and relationships), (2) has the capacity to generate its own set of rules (e.g., trainable processors), (3) structurally duplicates the human brain (e.g., neural networks), (4) functionally duplicates a law of nature (e.g., inheritance, evolution, etc.), or (5) has the capacity for solution of problems in these areas. | |
FOR 103 | .. Plural processing systems: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter comprising two or more systems, or methods utilizing two or more systems, wherein at least one system is a knowledge processing system. | |
FOR 104 | .. Graphical or natural language user interface: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein presentation of data to the user of the system includes nonverbal representations or symbols, or statements in standard English language syntax. | |
FOR 105 | .. Genetic algorithms: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the system uses a sequence of steps that (1) starts with a group of solutions to a problem, (2) represents each solution as a coded data string, (3) divides and splices the coded numerical strings to create new solutions, and (4) determines the fitness of the new solutions. | |
FOR 106 | .. Trainable (i.e., adaptive) systems: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein (1) the system creates its own set of rules (i.e., connection weights) (e.g., learns by example) or wherein (2) the data processing method involves in any way a system which creates its own set of such rules. | |
FOR 107 | ... Neural networks: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the system uses parallel distributed processing processors constructed in hardware or simulated in software. 800.01+, (see (1) Note, above). | |
FOR 108 | .... Connectionist expert systems: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the parallel distributed processing processors have been trained to be an expert system, that is, to process data formed by an integrated collection of facts and relationships (i.e., knowledge). | |
FOR 109 | .... Training (i.e., programming or learning): |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a specific method or apparatus is used to adjust the rules (i.e., connection weights). | |
FOR 110 | .... Structures: |
Foreign art collection including details of the construction of the processing processors or their interconnections. | |
FOR 111 | ..... Radiant energy type (e.g., optical): |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the structure includes a source or detector of radiant wave energy. | |
FOR 112 | ..... Sequential processor: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the structure comprises one or more computers that process software step-by-step. | |
FOR 113 | ..... Including a digital or binary element: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the structure includes a processing component that can assume only two values. | |
FOR 114 | .. Expert systems: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter comprising a system wherein the data consists of an integrated collection of facts and relationships (i.e., knowledge). | |
FOR 115 | ... Deduction, control, or search techniques: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a process or system uses a specific (1) method or system for processing the integrated collection of facts and relationships, (2) inferencing method or system, (3) method or system for interconnecting parts of the expert system, (4) internal or external structured data accessing method or system, or (5) method or system for searching the integrated collection of facts and relationships. | |
FOR 116 | .... Forward or backward chaining: |
Foreign art collection including an inferencing method or system using logic processing that starts with a set of known facts and applies rules to the facts until no new facts are generated or a goal is reached (i.e., forward chaining), or logic processing that starts with a goal and then finds rules to fit the goals and then checks to see if known facts fit the found rules (i.e., backward chaining). | |
FOR 117 | .... Blackboarding: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a specific method or system for interconnecting parts of the expert system uses a special memory (i.e., blackboard) where data from one part of the expert system can be written so that it can be accessed by other parts of the expert system. | |
FOR 118 | .... Knowledge base accessing (e.g., DBMS, table): |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a specific data accessing method or system, such as a database management system or a lookup table, is used to access a database containing the knowledge of the expert system (i.e., the knowledge base). | |
FOR 119 | .... Truth maintenance systems (TMS): |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the processing of the integrated collection of facts and relationships include belief revision by tracking dependencies among propositions and informing a user as to which propositions can be believed. | |
FOR 120 | ... Knowledge representations: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein a process or system uses (1) a specific type of relationship in the integrated collection of facts and relationships, (2) a specific type of integrated collection of facts and relationships, or (3) a specific type of fact in the integrated collection of facts and relationships. | |
FOR 121 | .... For inexact knowledge (e.g., fuzzy logic): |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the facts or relationships include a weight value other than 1 (e.g., 1/2, .5, 1.5, 60%). | |
FOR 122 | .... Objects (i.e., object-attribute-value), frames and slots, or scripts: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the specific integrated collection of facts and relationships uses (1) a set of slots (i.e., a frame) related to a specific object, each slot storing a feature of the object, (2) an outline (i.e., a script) of an episode of a certain type, or (3) the name of some item (i.e., an object) in either an object-attribute-value triplet or an object-attribute pair. | |
FOR 123 | .... Semantic network (i.e., conceptual dependency, fact based structure): |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the specific integrated collection of facts and relationships formalizes objects and values as nodes, and connects the nodes with arcs or links that indicate the relationships between the various nodes. | |
FOR 124 | .... Rete network or meta-knowledge: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter which (1) uses a reticular network algorithm on the collection of facts and relationships (e.g., is formed of subcollections which are searched in parallel) or (2) includes a hierarchy of collections, i.e., a higher level integrated collection of facts and relationships about a lower level integrated collection of facts and relationships (i.e., knowledge about knowledge). | |
FOR 125 | .... Inheritance: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the specific integrated collection of facts and relationships is connected in a hierarchy of levels which allow facts or relationships missing in a lower level to be taken (i.e., inherited) from a connected higher level where they are present. | |
FOR 126 | .... Predicate logic or predicate calculus: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the specific integrated collection of facts and relationships uses a complex logic system formed with arguments and predicates. | |
FOR 127 | .... Propositional logic: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the specific integrated collection of facts and relationships uses a simple logic formed with truth values (e.g., "X is a metal," "if C then D") or logic connectives (e.g., and, or, not). | |
FOR 128 | .... History base: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the specific integrated collection of facts and relationships include historical data (i.e., data collected over a period of time) about the expert system or about the area of expertise. | |
FOR 129 | ... Creation or modification of an expert system: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter comprising means (i.e., software or hardware) for initially developing or altering the expert system. | |
FOR 130 | .... Expert system shells or tools: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the software for developing an expert system (1) contains an inference engine, a user interface, and knowledge acquisition aids, but no knowledge base (i.e., a "tool") or (2) provides an interface to such a tool or an expert system (i.e., a "shell"). | |
FOR 131 | .... Learning or knowledge acquisition by the expert system: |
Foreign art collection including subject matter wherein the existing expert system has the capability to automatically add to its current integrated collection of facts and relationships. | |