Course Syllabus

  DAY      TOPIC                HOMEWORK DUE  READINGS    (L) = LISP text
  ---      -----                ------------  --------    -------------------
Sep.  8    Introduction to Course             none
           and Discussion

Sep. 13    Introduction to AI           *     Chapter 1,  Sections  1.1-1.5,
           and Symbolic Computation                       
                                              Preface(L)  pp. vii-x

Sep. 15    Intelligent Agents                 Chapter 2,  Sections  2.1-2.5;
                                              Chapt.1(L)  Sections  1.1-1.10

Sep. 20    Problem-Solving Agents and   *     Chapter 3,  Sections  3.1-3.3
           Representation                     Chapt.2(L)  Sections  2.1-2.6 

Sep. 22    Problem Spaces and Search          Chapter 3,  Sections  3.4-3.5, 3.7
                                              Chapter 4,  Section   4.1(pp.94-98)
                                              Chapt.3(L)  Sections  3.1-3.3

Sep. 27    Knowledge, Reasoning and     *     Chapter 7,  Sections  7.1-7.4,
           Knowledge-Based Agents                                   7.8 
                                              Chapt.3(L)  Sections  3.4-3.14

Sep. 29    Logic Representations              Chapter 8,  Sections  8.1-8.3
                                                                    8.5 
           


Oct.  4    Logical Inference                  Chapter 9,  Sections  9.1; 9.2           

Oct.  6    Knowledge Bases, Memory            Chapter 10, Sections  10.1; 10.2
           Organization, & Frame Repr.                    



Oct. 11    Case-Based Reasoning                           Kolodner Article
  


Oct. 13    Midterm  (drop day Oct. 25)


Oct. 18    Planning and                 *     Chapter 11, Sections 11.1; 11.2 
           Planning Agents                                



Oct. 20    State-Space Planning and                       Veloso Article (1st half)
           PRODIGY Planning Demonstration            



Oct. 25    Case-Based Planning          *                 Veloso Article (2nd half)



Oct. 27    TBA



Nov.  1    Communication Agents and     *     Chapter 22, Sections 22.1-22.2;
           Natural Language Processing        Chapt.19(L) Sections 19.1-19.2

     
Nov.  3    Natural Language Processing        Chapt.19(L) Sections 19.3-19.5
     
Nov.  8    Learning from Observation          Chapter 18, Sections 18.1; 18.2;
                                                                   18.3(pp.653-659)
          
Nov. 10    Knowledge in Learning              Chapter 19, Sections 19.1-19.3

          
Nov. 15    Final Exam 5:45-7:45 PM


          

         
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