CSS 482 Updated Schedule
| Date | Topics | Reading | Assignment |
| 1/5 | Welcome; The what and why of expert systems; A case study; Knowledge representation (predicate and first-order logic) | Chapters 1 & 2; Handout section 1 | exercise 1 assigned |
| 1/7 | Knowledge representation, cont’d (proofs and inference, soundness, completeness, modus ponens, resolution, Horn knowledge bases) | Handout section 2 |
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| 1/12 | Knowledge representation, cont’d (refutation proofs, control strategies, automating proof) | Handout sections 2 & 3 | exercise 1 due; exercise 2 assigned |
| 1/14 | Declarative programming and JESS | Chapter 3 & 4 |
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| 1/19 | Holiday |
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| 1/21 | JESS and Java; Just the facts | Chapters 5 & 6 | exercise 2 due; expert system 1 assigned |
| 1/26 | Fact lab | Chapter 6 | sign up for project conferences |
| 1/28 | Special guest lecture |
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| 2/2 | The rule’s the thing | Chapter 7 | expert system 1 due; expert system 2 assigned; project conferences this week |
| 2/4 | Rule lab | Chapter 7 |
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| 2/9 | Knowledge Engineering and ES Design | Chapters 9 & 10 | project reports begin; project proposals due; expert system 2 due; expert system 3 assigned |
| 2/11 | Expert Systems design | Chapter 11 |
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| 2/16 | Holiday |
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| 2/18 | Jess inside Java; Java Lab | Chapter 18 | expert system 3 due |
| 2/23 | Midterm review |
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| 2/25 | Midterm |
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| 3/2 | JESS GUI; JavaBeans | Chapters 13 & 14 (§ 14.3) | expert system 4 assigned |
| 3/4 | Introduction to intelligent agents: The Wumpus World | Chapter 18 |
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| 3/9 | Agent lab |
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| 3/11 | Wumpus World Competition | expert system 4 due |
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| 3/16 | Project presentations |
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| 3/20 | Project reports due |
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Last modified: March 2, 2009