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Uncertainty ○｜Definition｜1st｜20260509172636-00-⌔
Uncertainty
Uncertainty or incertitude refers to situations involving imperfect or unknown information. It applies to predictions of future events, to physical measurements that are already made, or to the unknown, and is particularly relevant for decision-making. Uncertainty arises in partially observable or stochastic or complex or dynamic environments, as well as due to ignorance, indolence, or both.1 It arises in any number of fields, including insurance, philosophy, physics, statistics, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, medicine, psychology, sociology, engineering, metrology, meteorology, ecology and information science.
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Peter Norvig; Sebastian Thrun. “Introduction to Artificial Intelligence”. Udacity. Archived from the original on 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2013-07-04. ↩
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