comp 304: artificial intelligence. general lecturer: nelishia pillay office: room f3 telephone:...

COMP 304: Artificial Intelligence

General

• Lecturer: Nelishia Pillay• Office: Room F3• Telephone: 2605644 • E-mail: pillayn32@ukzn.ac.za• Web page:

http://titan.cs.unp.ac.za/~nelishiap/comp304.htm

Timetable

Day Period Venue

Monday 08:40-09:25 F8

Tuesday 11:25-12:10 F8

Tuesday 12:20:13:05 F8

Wednesday 14:20-16:45 G21

Tests and Assignments

• Two tests– Test 1 – 31 August 2011– Test 2 – 13 October 2011

• Three assignments–Assignment 1 – 15 August 2011–Assignment 2 – 26 September 2011–Assignment 3 – 24 October 2011 .

DP and Final Mark Calculation

• DP requirements• Attendance of 80% of the pracs/tuts• Class mark = 0.4 x average obtained for

assignments + 0.6 x average obtained for tests.

• A class mark of at least 40%• Three hour written examination• Final mark = 0.3 x class mark + 0.7 x exam

mark

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Topics Covered

• Introduction to artificial intelligence• State space representation and search• Game playing• Knowledge representation• Prolog programming• Expert systems• Neural networks• Genetic algorithms• Agents and planning

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Notes and Books

• Notes available from Mrs Wilson F13– Student card

• Numerous library books on AI

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