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knowledge base

A database of rules about a subject used in AI applications. See expert system.


knowledge base [′näl·ij ‚bās]
(computer science)
A collection of facts, assumptions, beliefs, and heuristics that are used in combination with a database to achieve desired results, such as a diagnosis, an interpretation, or a solution to a problem.

(artificial intelligence)knowledge base - A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).


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Johnson & Johnson's pharmaceutical research and development division has contributed a library of expression profiles for 100 paradigm compounds, primarily hepatotoxicants, to the Chemical Effects in Biological Systems (CEBS) knowledge base based at the National Center for Toxicogenomics, a part of the NIEHS.
For almost two decades groups within education have attempted to articulate a knowledge base for their subspecialties.
This Knowledge Base enables HMOs to harness the power of HIT (healthcare information technology) to achieve unprecedented levels of excellence in medicine quality, cost containment and service delivery.
 
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