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DETECTIVE REASONING [1 record]

Record 1 1994-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Reasoning where plausible inferences are derived from the application of heuristics rather than formal rules of inference. The semantics of heuristic reasoning is difficult to state formally, since such inferences are of the nature "x appears most similar to y."

OBS

See "detective knowledge" and "factual knowledge".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

Si l'information disponible était toujours suffisante, le raisonnement investigatif du médecin pourrait s'effectuer de façon entièrement déductive ou catégorique.

Spanish

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