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Knowledge Representation

Definition :
It is internal representation of facts

Various type of knowledge

Declarative Knowledge
Procedural Knowledge
Inheritable Knowledge
Inferential Knowledge

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Declarative Knowledge
Also known as Simple Relational knowledge
The way we represent object in a relational
knowledge.
Material knowledge about a fact.
e.g.Independence day of India is 15th August, 1947

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Procedural Knowledge
All the rules must be known
Uses reasoning program or procedure for internal
representation.
The rules are used in a systematic way through above
thus converging to the solution.
e.g. Obtain the root-mean-square velocity from the
set of numbers x1, x2, x3, x4, , xn.

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Inferential Knowledge
It is most general form of knowledge that is explored
through predicate calculus or propositional logic.
It may include other forms e.g. Inheritable
knowledge is a special case of it.
Inference can be made from either forward
or backward direction.

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Inheritable Knowledge
This is a special form of Inferential knowledge.
Uses reasoning program or procedure for internal
representation.
Uses inferential adequacy i.e. ability to derive new
knowledge structure from existing.
Uses inferential efficiency i.e. to incorporate additional
information to the existing knowledge structure for
converging towards most promising solution.
It derive specific knowledge structure from more
Generalized one.
e.g. which player has maximum batting average ?

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Mapping between facts & representations

Knowledge level
Symbol level

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Representation of facts

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Knowledge Representation Approaches

Representational Adequacy
Inferential Adequacy
Inferential Efficiency
Acqusitional Efficiency