ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO GEOGRAPHICAL PROBLEM SOLVING.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be regarded as an attempt to understand the processes of perception and reasoning that underlie successful problem-solving and to incorporate the results of this research in effective computer programs. At present, AI is largely a collection of sophisticated programm...

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Publicado en:Professional Geographer Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 147 - 159
Autor principal: Smith, Terence R.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd May84
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Sumario:Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be regarded as an attempt to understand the processes of perception and reasoning that underlie successful problem-solving and to incorporate the results of this research in effective computer programs. At present, AI is largely a collection of sophisticated programming techniques. Many of these techniques are based on the premise that the manner in which knowledge is acquired. Organized, accessed and modified in both humans and machines provides the basis of ‘intelligent’ decision-making. The techniques of AI are applicable to a wide variety of geographical problems, including the modeling of individual and aggregate decision-making, and the construction of expert systems and ‘intelligent’ geographical information systems.