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Classification
• groups individual entities into identifiable categories based on their similarities
• explores similarities and explains differences and relationships among groups
Entity
Group 1
Example
Group 2
Example
Group 3
Example
Criteria
BOOKS
Fiction
Novels
Non fiction
Textbook
Other
Albums
Content
Linguistic Markers
Books
Content
Books can be classified according to their content into …
According to their content, books may be divided into …
In terms of content, books comprise …
Deductive Classifications
General
Specific
The chordates are a large and highly diverse animal group which comprises vertebrates or animals with backbones (often referred to as the higher chordates) as well as a group of animals which lack vertebrae. These are referred to as protochordates, or lower chordates. Higher cordates are divided into five classes …
Chordates
Higher Cordates Lower Chordates
Backbone existence
Inductive Classifications
Specific
General
In order to clarify the nature of micro-organisms, we may distinguish between those, like fungi and some algae, which have a cell structure similar to higher organisms and those, like the bacteria and the blue-green algae, which have a comparatively simple cell structure. We will refer to the former as higher protists and the latter as lower protists. Both groups are placed in the kingdom of Protista.
Protista
Higher Protists Lower Protists
Cell Structure
FungiAlgae
BacteriaBlue-green algae
Agents on the Internet
Assistants
Control
Information retrieval
Monitoring e-commerce
by customers / Shopping agents / ShopBots
by suppliers / Intelligent interfaces
Bargain FinderJangoExciteFirefly
BroadVisionSelectCastAutonomy
