Artificial Intelligence

Antonio DELLA CIOPPA Artificial Intelligence

0622700020
DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA DELL'INFORMAZIONE ED ELETTRICA E MATEMATICA APPLICATA
COMPUTER ENGINEERING
2014/2015

YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2012
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
660LESSONS
Objectives
GOALS
THE COURSE PRESENTS THE FOUNDATIONS FOR MODELLING ARTIFICIAL AGENTS INTERACTING WITH CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS. IT ADDRESSES KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION, PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES AND BEHAVIOURAL LEARNING. THE LECTURES ARE COMPLEMENTED BY LAB WORK FOR BUIDING AN ARTIFICIAL AGENT BY USING LOGIC PROGRAMMING LANGUGAGES.
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
METHODOLOGIES AND TOOLS FOR MODELLING ARTIFICIAL AGENTS. UNDERSTANDING THE RELATION AMONG KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION, PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGIES AND LEARNING.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
MAPPING METHODS AND TOOLS TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS. DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTIFICIAL AGENTS. ESTIMATION OF COST AND PERFORMANCE.
MAKING JUDGEMENTS
SELECTION AND INTEGRATION OF MODELS AND METHODS PROPOSED IN THE LITERATURE FOR BUILDING ARTIFICIAL AGENTS. UNDERSTANDING METHODOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS IN APPLYING AI APPROACHES TO REAL PROBLEM SOLVING.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
WORKING IN TEAM, WRITING TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION, ORAL PRESENTATION OF TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC CONTENT
LEARNING SKILLS
UNDERSTANDING METHODOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS PROPOSED IN THE LITERATURE.
Prerequisites
ELEMENTS OF LOGICS, DESIGN OF ALGORITHM AND DATA STRUCTURE
Contents
INTRODUCTION
(LECTURE: 3H)
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS: AGENT, ENVIRONMENT, PERFORMANCE - FOUNDATIONS: THEORY OF COMPUTATION - INTELLIGENT AGENT MODELS
PROBLEM SOLVING
(LECTURE: 9H)
BLIND SEARCH STRATEGIES - INFORMED SEARCH STRATEGIES - LOCAL SEARCH AND OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS
ADVERSARIAL SEARCH
(LECTURE: 6H)
GAME THEORY - OPTIMAL DECISION - ALPHA-BETA PRUNING
LOGICAL AGENTS
(LECTURE: 6H)
PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC - THEOREM PROVING - MODEL CHECKING - AGENTS BASED ON PROPOSITIONAL LOGIC
FIRST ORDER LOGIC
(LECTURE: 6H)
SYNTAX AND SEMANTICS - USING FIRST ORDER LOGIC - KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING AND FIRST ORDER LOGIC
INFERENCE IN FIRST ORDER LOGIC
(LECTURE: 6H)
PROPOSITIONAL VS FIRST ORDER INFERENCE - UNIFICATION AND LIFTING - FORWARD AND BACKWARD CHAINING - RESOLUTION
PROLOG
(LECTURE: 6H; LAB: 15H)
SYNTAX - HORN CLAUSES - UNIFICATION - RECURSION - BACKTRACKING
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE INCLUDES LECTURES AND PRACTICE. DURING PRACTICE, STUDENT TEAMS ARE ASSIGNED A PROJECT THAT INCLUDES INTO A UNITARY FRAMEWORK ALL THE TOPICS OF THE COURSE, AND IS INSTRUMENTAL FOR PROVIDING THE STUDENT WITH THE SKILL FOR APPLYING THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND WORKING IN TEAM.
Verification of learning
THE FINAL EVALUATION IS BY ORAL EXAMINATION ON THE CONTENTS OF THE COURSE AND PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT. THE GRADE IS THE WEIGHTED SUM OF PROJECT CONTENT (70%), PROJECT PRESENTATION (10%) AND ORAL EXAMINATION (20%)
Texts
S. RUSSELL, P. NORVIG, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: A MODERN APPROACH, VOLUME I, PEARSON, 3 ED., 2009
L. STERLING, E. SHAPIRO, THE ART OF PROLOG, SECOND EDITION: ADVANCED PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES, THE MIT PRESS, 1986
More Information
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IS AVAILABLE ON THE COURSE WEBSITE
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