Inferencing Act

An Inferencing Act is an act where a system makes an inference argument based on the available information.

• Context:
  • It can be:
    • a Deductive Inferencing Act (with a Deductive Inference).
    • an Inductive Inferencing Act (with an Inductive Inference, such as a Statistical Inference).
• See: Decision Act, Inferencing System.

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References

• WordNet http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inferencing
  • The process of making inferences; inferring
• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=inference
  • S: (n) inference, illation (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)

• Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inference
  • Inference (countable and uncountable; plural inferences)
    • 1. (uncountable) The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction.
    • 2. (countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
  • Derived terms
    • deductive inference
    • inductive inference
    • statistical inference

• (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ Inference
  • Inference is the act or process of deriving a conclusion based solely on what one knows. Inference is studied within several different fields.
    • Human inference (i.e. how humans draw conclusions) is traditionally studied within the field of cognitive psychology.
    • Logic studies the laws of valid inference.
    • Statisticians have developed formal rules for inference (statistical inference) from quantitative data.
    • Artificial intelligence researchers develop automated inference systems.

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