What is a knowledge-based system? A system which is built around a knowledge base. i.e. a collection of knowledge‚ taken from a human‚ and stored in such a way that the system can reason with it. Example: System: What is the patient’s name? User: George Smith System: What is the patient’s age? User: 52 years System: Is the patient male or female? User: Male System: What are the symptoms? User: Headache dizziness upset stomach high fever System: When did these symptoms first appear? User:
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Cost Benefit Analysis What is cost benefit analysis? Cost benefit analysis (COBA) is a technique for assessing the monetary social costs and benefits of a capital investment project over a given time period. The principles of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) are simple: 1. Appraisal of a project: It is an economic technique for project appraisal‚ widely used in business as well as government spending projects (for example should a business invest in a new information system) 2. Incorporates
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In the 1990 article “I’d Rather Kiss than Smoke” in the National Review‚ Florence King tries to persuade her readers to look through a smoker’s eyes in a smokist world. King has been around people smoking even before she was born. Her mother started smoking when she was twelve and she started this habit when she was twenty-six. Since she started smoking‚ she has been analyzing how non-smokers discriminate against them. Florence King expects everyone to be okay with smoking because it is what
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offence. Hence in this trial‚ the legal burden of proof will be on the prosecution in accordance with Woolmington v DPP ‚ to prove that Richard is guilty of the offence. The evidential burden is also on the prosecution as they bear the legal burden in the case. However‚ if Richard wishes to use a common law defence or a statutory defence‚ the evidential burden is on him to adduce sufficient evidence for the issue to go before the tribunal of facts. The legal burden is then on the Crown to disprove the
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Shelley and the Quest for Knowledge Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley‚ was the daughter of the radical feminist‚ Mary Wollstonecraft‚ and the political philosopher‚ William Godwin‚ and the wife of the Romantic poet‚ Percy Bysshe Shelley. Through these familial affiliations‚ she was also acquainted with Lord Byron‚ Samuel T. Coleridge‚ and other literary figures such as Charles and Mary Lamb. Surrounded by such influential literary and political figures of the Romantic Age‚ it is not surprising
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of obtaining goods from a foreigner outside source. Almost every organization outsources in some way; typically‚ the function being outsourced is non-core to the business. By choosing to outsource jobs in developing countries‚ businesses can attain massive benefits while simultaneously strengthening the economies of the two partners. To some outsourcing may seem as a choice‚ but in reality its cost saving factors may be the only option. In America‚ almost every person has seen or bought a product
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The Benefit of Sweatshops Robert Gelber Integrative Seminar 300 Professor Duclos Alegue April 28th‚ 2011 Abstract: Many countries‚ industries and people are becoming more affected by sweatshops in different ways because of they’re continuous increase in growth. Sweatshops benefit many developing countries as they provide opportunities of employment to the people living in poverty and benefit the community at large by creating an economic infrastructure that utilizes the country’s resources and
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man” and “other man.” The white man gets the profit while those who worked must grow up and understand no matter how hard they work‚ they may never earn the life they might have predicted. Kipling’s intended his poem to show the U.S. to take up the “burden” of empire like the European nations had done and described the affliction by justifying
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will be provided a potential benefits to them. This essay will highlight prodigious benefits of telemedicine. The most important advantages of telemedicine is allowing long-distant people to access advanced healthcare services and cost efficiencies. Scottish Centre for Telehealth had claimed that 99 percent of patients were more convenience with remote care and 95 percent of them widely felt acceptable with services (Jose‚ 2009‚ Internet). It also added that it can provided physicians and long distance
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Organization Behavior The Benefits of Diversity Affirmative action has been the center of many heated debates for decades now. Affirmative action policies are used in the United States to give advantages to racial minorities in areas of education‚ employment‚ health care‚ or government funding. These "minorities" are underrepresented groups in society‚ especially when defined by race‚ ethnicity‚ or gender. Until the mid-1960’s‚ legal barriers prevented blacks and other racial minorities in
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