This is very much the way certain kinds of machine intelligence systems work (including ExpertMaker which I have covered) where representative examples are used to model much larger populations.

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"I am currently testing how to best utilise our heritage assets - the plan to develop the buried village around Dunluce Castle, a piece of our own Pompeii, in heritage and tourist terms and developing work around Carrickfergus Castle are two representative examples, " he said.

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