How to Identify If Your Time Series Inputs Are Adequate for AI Applications: Assessing Minimum Data Requirements in Environmental Analyses

Computer systems that use algorithms to analyse their environment and take actions – with some degree of autonomy – to achieve specific goals. AI can be purely software-based, acting in the virtual world (e.g. voice assistants, image analysis software, search engines, speech and facial recognition systems), or it can be embedded in hardware devices (e.g. advanced robots, autonomous cars, drones or Internet of Things [IoT] applications).

Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.

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