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Rule-based system
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TL;DR. AI systems that use human-defined rules to store and manipulate knowledge.
Technical Definition
AI systems that use human-defined rules to store and manipulate knowledge.
How it works
A rule-based system uses a set of predefined rules (often human-crafted) to store and process knowledge, enabling it to interpret information and make decisions. These systems are common in AI applications like expert systems, where they mimic human expertise by applying logical rules to specific data. They generally do not involve automatically inferred rules.
Related Concepts
- Knowledge Representation — How facts and relationships are encoded so a system can reason over them.
- Expert system — AI programs that mimic the decision-making ability of a human expert using a knowledge base and inference rules.
- Inference engine — A component of an AI system that uses logical rules to deduce new information from a knowledge base.
- Rete algorithm — An efficient pattern-matching algorithm for rule-based systems and AI applications.