20 Mar function

How things work or how they do what they do. Combining a knowledge of function and form (or structure) is necessary for complete analysis of a thing and for designing simulations such as those attempted in cybernetic research. Imitating the functions of human thought, for example, is a primary goal of AI.
Keywords: modularity
interaction
formalism
decision
data-driven
data type
code
behavior
arity
argument
form
structure
pattern
process
References: AI programming
algorithms
automata
computing
formalisms
logic
rules