| Introduction and Background |
| 1 |
Course Organization; Spirit of the Undertaking |
|
| 2 |
Tell it What to Know; Search |
|
| The Spirit and Pragmatics of KBS |
| 3 |
Origins of KBS: MACSYMA and DENDRAL |
|
| 4 |
Application Analysis Case Study: Case Introduction |
|
| 5 |
Application Analysis Case Study: Class Discussion |
Reading summary 1 due |
| 6 |
Rule-Based Systems |
Reading summary 2 due |
| Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Paradigms |
| 7 |
Semantic Nets |
Reading summary 3 due |
| 8 |
Logic |
Problem set 1 out
Reading summary 4 due |
| 9 |
Frame-Based Systems |
Reading summary 5 due |
| 10 |
Uncertain Reasoning, Models of Rationality |
|
| 11 |
Blackboards |
Problem set 1 due
Project proposal due |
| 12 |
Pragmatic Issues in Knowledge Acquisition |
Reading summary 6 due |
| 13 |
Summary of Knowledge Representation |
Reading summary 7 due |
| Problem Solving Paradigms |
| 14 |
Causal Reasoning |
Reading summary 8 due |
| 15 |
Model-Based Reasoning |
Problem set 2 out
Project progress report 2 due |
| 16 |
Case-Based Reasoning |
Reading summary 9 due |
| 17 |
Reasoning with Constraints |
Problem set 2 due
Reading summary 10 due |
| 18 |
Reasoning about Physical Systems |
Reading summary 11 due |
| Research Issues |
| 19 |
Human Intelligence Project |
Project report 3 due |
| 20 |
Common Sense |
|
| 21 |
Learning |
|
| 22 |
Ontologies and Data Mining |
|
| Project Presentations |
| 23 |
Project Presentations and Discussion |
|
| 24 |
Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.) |
|
| 25 |
Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.) |
|
| 26 |
Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.) |
Term project report due |