expert systems are computer programs that make the knowledge of experts available when a human expert is not with in easy reach. the systems are to simulate the thinking and inference pattern of human being. the ultimate goal of expert system is to be analogous to human as much as possible. utilizing the intelligent system in commerce is indispensable for establishing a better connection with c...

the present essay is a critical study of zagzebski’s reading and criticism of plantinga’s virtue-epistemology. zagzebski, on the account of her definition of knowledge and the role that she assigns to ‘volition’ and ‘awareness’ in virtuous acts, along with her acceptance of the uniformity of moral and epistemic virtue, challenges plantinga’s theory of knowledge. zagzebski believes that although...

decision support systems (dsss) are prevalent information systems for decision making in many competitive business environments. in a dss, decision making process is intimately related to some factors which determine the quality of information systems and their related products. traditional approaches to data analysis usually cannot be implemented in sophisticated companies, where managers need...

decision support systems (dsss) are prevalent information systems for decision making in many competitive business environments. in a dss, decision making process is intimately related to some factors which determine the quality of information systems and their related products. traditional approaches to data analysis usually cannot be implemented in sophisticated companies, where managers nee...

in the latest decades, in west, human perception was precisely explored, and was questioned in some areas. tabatabaei took a realist position in epistemology. to defend his position, he began to study human knowledge and perception. to avoid skepticism, he gave great importance to intuitive knowledge and based human knowledge on it. intuitive knowledge is the knowledge of the soul of itself, it...

background: smoking is one of the preventable causes of diseases as well as early deaths all around the world. in addition, conducting educational interventions plays a major role in preventing adolescents from smoking. therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of educational intervention based on the theory of planned behavior on preventing shirazi students from smoking. met...