Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems

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You as the Systems Analyst have practiced analyzing business cases and will now produce documentation that may lead to a viable project. You will
also be asked to start the process of transforming those business requirements into more detailed system requirements, describe what the new
system must do to provide the needed value to the business.
This assignment is considered a “Business Case.” An outline is provided to help get you started. You can search online and refer to Chapter 1 for
additional details and appropriate ROI formulas or costs. You may create additional details or constraints to define your work.
Process
Review the scenario presented. You will be as asked to analyze the situation, develop a proposed system solution, perform an analysis based on
the information presented, and develop a method to gather more information to validate your requirements.
Assignment Instructions and Requirements
Scenario:
Mystic Brewery is a local start-up company formed by two brothers and partners, Jake and Pete. Each has their own brewing equipment and they
have recently purchased a small building that was once a car sales/body shop to combine their previous disparate businesses into one
microbrewery. They have converted part of the back-mechanic area into a brewing station and the front sales and reception desk into a small
taproom. There is no food service. There is ample space inside that can be used for expanded capacity or growth. The space includes access to a
fenced back car lot accessible by garage doors that they hope to convert into an outdoor entertainment area.
Each brother has previously worked inventory, sales, and costs on his own. They have different styles and personalities. Jake likes experimental
and higher ABV beers and has invested in a small capacity canning line hoping to expand their capacity to distribute to local restaurants.
Pete is more practical and down to earth, preferring a classic American lager; he’s recently invested in a meat smoker and hopes to expand the
back-car lot to include family friendly entertainment…potentially with food service. Pete thinks that the company would benefit from growlers and
refills of their beers.
They currently have no Internet connection. There are two computers with Windows 7 and Microsoft Office. Emails have been accessed via cell
phone. Inventory and sales receipts are hand-written on old-fashioned paper forms with carbon copy, and the data is entered later into an Excel file
on one of the computers in each store every night. At the end of every night, the Excel file is copied onto a flash drive and transferred to the second
store computer as backup.
They need a real database, updated operating systems, inventory and supply tracking, and potentially a Point of Sale/credit card processing system.
There is currently no web or social media presence. All business has been generated through word of mouth and previous clients.
What they do have is a high-quality beer and a passion for growth.
Keep in mind that your clients are not particularly technically minded; avoid highly technical jargon and be direct with all statements and questions.
Documentation and Paper Process
You are writing a descriptive paper. Use the outline provided to get you started. The process steps are described in the paragraphs below; make
sure you address each element. You are free to add additional appendices or information as needed. Remember this is a preliminary proposal! You
will be developing a method to further gather additional requirements to determine the feasibility study. Your content must be organized as explained
below and all parts of the assignment must be written in your own words. Please refer to the assignment requirements, which includes a title and
reference page as well as formatting specifications in APA style.
Problem Definition
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Paragraph 1: Give more detail to articulate the problem.
Paragraph 2: Propose at least two potential types of information system solutions to solve the problem.
They may be similar but must have at least one component that is different – and you must identify what kind of Information System or Systems you
are proposing:
Executive Information Systems (ESS)
Decision Support Systems (DSS)
Management Information Systems (MIS)
Transaction Processing Systems (TPS)
Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems

 

Sample solution

Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.


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God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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