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





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





1/19

Holiday

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





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





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





2/16

Holiday

2/18

Jess inside Java; Java Lab

Chapter 18

expert system 3 due





2/23

Midterm review

2/25

Midterm





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





3/9

Agent lab

3/11

Wumpus World Competition

expert system 4 due





3/16

Project presentations

3/20

Project reports due





Last modified: March 2, 2009