1977
Selekoa’s 10 records dated 1977, in date order, grouped by topic.
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People 2 records
June 1977
· interval begins · dated to the month
Oracle’s 2026 proxy statement says that Lawrence J. Ellison served as its chief executive officer from June 1977 until September 2014. Evidence ↗· event · dated to the month
Oracle’s 2026 proxy statement says that Lawrence J. Ellison founded Oracle in June 1977. Evidence ↗
Ideas & lineages 8 records
Dated to 1977 only
· publication · dated to the year
2 provision records of The Art of Artificial Intelligence: I. Themes and case studies of knowledge engineering
· publication · dated to the year
Feigenbaum (1977) writes that when he described the DENDRAL program to Donald Michie in 1968, Michie called it 'epistemological engineering', a phrase Feigenbaum says he simplified into 'knowledge engineering'. Evidence ↗The Art of Artificial Intelligence: I. Themes and case studies of knowledge engineering →Claim page →
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Feigenbaum (1977) states that he simplified Michie's phrase 'epistemological engineering' into 'knowledge engineering'. Evidence ↗The Art of Artificial Intelligence: I. Themes and case studies of knowledge engineering →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the year
Feigenbaum (1977) defines the knowledge engineer's practice as bringing the principles and tools of AI research to bear on difficult application problems that require experts' knowledge. Evidence ↗The Art of Artificial Intelligence: I. Themes and case studies of knowledge engineering →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the year
Feigenbaum (1977) states that the power of an intelligent agent's performance comes primarily from the specialist's knowledge it employs and only secondarily from the generality of its inference method. Evidence ↗The Art of Artificial Intelligence: I. Themes and case studies of knowledge engineering →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the year
Feigenbaum's IJCAI 1977 paper uses 'knowledge engineering' and 'knowledge-based systems' for the design of systems that acquire, represent and use experts' knowledge. Evidence ↗The Art of Artificial Intelligence: I. Themes and case studies of knowledge engineering →Claim page →
· publication · dated to the year
A paper in the IJCAI 1977 proceedings by William S. Mark is titled 'The Reformulation Approach to Building Expert Systems'. Evidence ↗The Reformulation Approach to Building Expert Systems →Claim page →