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Volume 16, Number 4
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PC
AI Exclusive - Microsoft Research Tackles the Universal
Translator: A Breakthrough in Accurate and Automatic
Translation
Don Barker examines the history and technology of Microsofts
internal project NLPWin, the results of two decades of research.
By the end of 2002 it will accurately and automatically translate
the entire Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) Knowledge
Base from English into Spanish, providing real-time responses
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Back
to Basics - Backward Chaining: An Expert System Fundamental
Dustin Huntington reviews the fundamentals of backward
chaining, a key to building many types of interactive expert
systems. This widely misunderstood approach to rule-based development
can take complex problems and breaks them into small, easily
defined sections that the system automatically uses when needed. |
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The
Fuzzy Electric Bulb: An Introduction to Fuzzy Logic with Sample
Implementation
M. Alroy Mascrenghe presents the basic concepts of fuzzy
logic, where it is used, and how to apply it by walking through
a very simple yet realistic example. |
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It is Time
for Utilitarian, Cost Effective Service Robots: The Enabling
Confluence of Technologies
R. Martin Spencer explores past and present confluences
of low cost hardware technologies that enable truly utilitarian
personal robots for multiple marketplaces. Learn how a constellation
of AI applications can be networked to a self-navigating Personal
Computer Robot (PCR). |
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Have You Considered Smalltalk?: Smalltalk
Fundaments
Jeffrey D. Panici illustrates how Java and C++ are
not the only options for your object-oriented endeavors. This
article introduces a serious contender that has been around
for a while and yet is often overlooked.
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Based Systems in Adaptive Training: Tailoring Training to Individual
Needs
Barry Brosch demonstrates the use of a knowledge based system
to construct assessment driven systems with self-customizing
tutorials. |
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The Art of Intelligence: A Theory of Intelligent
Thought
Paul F. Troncone describes a theory that views intelligence,
not as the analysis of facts and data, but as a series of
changing relationships based on which he defines a scale with
which to measure intelligence.
Cover Photo: “The Lagoon Nebula
- NASA.”
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AI and the Net
Chess matches man and machine,
another AI directory, AI research and information at IBM
Terry Hengl
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Buyers Guide
Expert Systems and Development Systems, Intelligent Tutoring,
Machine Learning, Knowledge Management, Logic and Reasoning
Systems
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Editorial
Terry Hengl
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Product
Update
Customer Services, Product
Updates - Business Forecasting and
Rules, Data Mining, Decision Support, Expert System Development
Systems, Intelligent Tools, Internet and Web, Knowledge Based
Systems, Languages, Modeling
& Simulation, Neural Networks, Object Oriented Development
Languages, Conferences and Training
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