INTRODUCTION TO

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
FOR IT & NON-IT PROFESSIONALS
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE

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TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE

• Declarative Knowledge
• To know about something.
• Includes concepts, facts, objects.
• Expressed in declarative sentences.
• Sky is blue
• Sun is hot, sun rises from the east
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TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE

Procedural Knowledge
• Also known as imperative knowledge.
• Responsible for knowing how to do something.
• Includes rules, strategies, procedures, agendas, etc.
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE

• Meta-knowledge
Knowledge about the other types of knowledge
• Heuristic knowledge
• Represents knowledge of some experts in a field or subject.eg,
If eyes are yellow, & skin is pale then suspect jaundice.
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE

• Structural knowledge
Basic knowledge to problem-solving
Describes relationships between various concepts such as kind-of, part-
of, and grouping of something.