The Part of an Expert System That Automatically Executes a Line

question 27

Multiple Choice

The part of an expert system that automatically executes a line of reasoning when supplied with the rules and parameters involved in a decision is called the:

• A) explanation subsystem.
• B) inference engine.
• C) workspace.
• D) knowledge base.

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Definitions:

First-Order Autocorrelation

A statistical measure of the relationship between a variable's current value and its immediate previous value.

Durbin-Watson Test

A statistical method designed to identify the existence of autocorrelation with a single lag in the residuals resulting from a regression study.

Positive Autocorrelation

A statistical property of a series indicating that values close together in time are positively correlated and tend to move in the same direction.

Durbin-Watson Statistic

A statistical measure employed to identify autocorrelation within the residuals of a regression analysis.