The idea to use imprecise probability has a long history.
Ray wanted to pursue a bigger question, how to make machines more generally intelligent, and how computers could use probability for this purpose.
A final example uses probability to examine Magic card-collecting strategies.
The book emphasizes Silver's skill, which is the practical art of mathematical model building using probability and statistics.
Stochastic algorithms involve using probability to identify the root form of a word.
Stochastic computing performs this operation using probability instead of arithmetic.
The authors suggest using probability based methods to maximize utility when uncertainty predominates, but give little detail on how to approach this.
Therefore iSense knows these relationships at a factual level and does not use statistical probability.
The image is treated as a virtual line, and the method uses conditional probability.
Although the proof uses probability, the final conclusion is determined for certain, without any possible error.