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DENDRAL  – The First “Expert System”

DENDRAL – The First “Expert System”

DENDRAL was an influential project in artificial intelligence (AI) of the 1960s, and the computer software expert system that it produced. Its primary aim was to study hypothesis formation and discovery in science. For that, a specific task in science was chosen: help...

China Defends New Fishing Rules in Disputed Waters

(BGF) - China defended its new fishing rules in Hainan province by saying that it is "totally normal", and that it is in accordance to the national law to "regulate conservation, management and utilization of maritime biological resources", the Voice of America...

Gazmin on China threat: Irresponsible

(BGF) - In a commentary issued by Chinese People's Daily, it accused the Philippines of making the Association of Southeast Asian Nations an “accomplice” in the “violation” of China’s “sovereignty” over some islets and shoals in the West Philippine Sea; “illegal...

China sends ships to another Phl shoal

(BGF) - The Philippine Star reported on May 22 that the Philippines called on China to respect the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the Philippines over its continental shelf, including the waters around the Ayungin shoal after detecting Chinese fishing vessels...

18 Chinese maritime ships operating within Philippine territory

(BGF) - The Philippines' Deputy Director-General of the National Security Council Secretariat said about 18 Chinese maritime surveillance ships operating in the Philippines area, which raises the need to pour more resources into the budget for defense spending, as...

China Sea Rules to Raise Tensions With Vietnam

(BGF) - Tensions escalated as China enforced a new regulation requiring foreign fishermen to obtain Beijing's permission before operating in South China Sea, particularly on waters close to China that are also claimed by Vietnam. Hanoi reacted, and insisted its claim...

Chinese territory in the World map

(BGF) - In a response to China's controversial claims over Paracel and Spratly Islands, Thang Tran, President of The Institute for Vietnamese Culture & Education (U.S) announced that he has a collection of 150 maps that were published in England, America, France,...