> Well, the main disadvantage
of not representing knowledge is that
> doing so makes you completely
unintelligent ;-) [Of course, whether
> or not this is really a
disadvantage is a philosophical question, I
> suppose. It has been
said that "ignorance is bliss" ... ]
>
Those
that choose this path are not likely to achieve success.
>
> Seriously: Do you
mean to suggest that some intelligent systems
> *don't* contain any (even
implicit) representation of knowledge?
>
My
question was more to the different methodology of knowledge Representations
(KR) and Knowledge Base (KB) types of designs and their performance at
retrieving facts in respect to the computer time/computer instructions required
to retrieve facts and storage requirements.
>
> I have seen this
claim made by some advocates of
> self-organizing-systems approaches to
building and analyzing
> intelligent systems, but I have always felt it to
be a kind of "game
> with words"... (Feel free to argue otherwise,
though!)
>
The
product configuration baseline should be functionally interwoven with the
sophisticated software and
adds
many different trade off considerations. (wordy pun)
All I am
interested in is what works fast and within the limits of resources.
>
> IMO, all intelligent
systems represent knowledge internally in some
> sense, and the right
question is what methods are best (in what
> senses) for doing
so....
>
What
methods are best (concerning fast retrieval, low number of computer
instructions, low memory requirement) now this can also mean that these facts are somehow
zipped/compressed to reduce memory storage requirements.
Maybe
someone might know of how much (percent) compression can be achieved to help
reduce the KB to some more manageable size, yet
again there are some computer instructions/time needed to use this methodology.
>
> For instance, in an
attractor neural net, each piece of knowledge is
> stored in a wholly
distributed way, interpenetrated with other pieces
> of knowledge.
In a traditional semantic net OTOH, pieces of knowledge
> are stored
separately and distinctly without interpenetration. In
> Novamente's
hybrid design there is both a distinct and an
> interpenetrative/holistic
aspect to knowledge representation. The
> advantages and
disadvantages of these different KR strategies may be
> subtle to
understand...
>
> -- Ben G
>
> On 5/30/06, Danny G. Goe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Can someone elaborate on the advantages and disadvantages of Knowledge
>> Representation(KR)?
>>
>> Dan Goe
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