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Csc-4101Artificial Intelligence: Course Information Sheet

This document provides information about the Artificial Intelligence course CSC-4101. The 3-credit, core course is offered in the 7th semester of the Computer Science B.S. program. It aims to give students an overview of key AI principles and techniques, including intelligent agents, search strategies, knowledge representation, logic, and machine learning. The syllabus outlines 15 weekly topics that will be covered, and references 3 textbooks. Upon completing the course, students will understand AI components, implement classical AI techniques, and analyze methods for problem solving.

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Csc-4101Artificial Intelligence: Course Information Sheet

This document provides information about the Artificial Intelligence course CSC-4101. The 3-credit, core course is offered in the 7th semester of the Computer Science B.S. program. It aims to give students an overview of key AI principles and techniques, including intelligent agents, search strategies, knowledge representation, logic, and machine learning. The syllabus outlines 15 weekly topics that will be covered, and references 3 textbooks. Upon completing the course, students will understand AI components, implement classical AI techniques, and analyze methods for problem solving.

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CSC-4101ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

COURSE INFORMATION SHEET

PROGRAMME: Computer Science DEGREE: B.S

COURSE: Artificial Intelligence SEMESTER: VII


CREDITS:3

COURSECODECSC-4101 COURSE TYPE: Core

COURSE AREA/DOMAIN: CONTACTHOURS: (3)


Computer Science hours/Week.
CORRESPONDINGLAB LAB COURSENAME: Nil
COURSECODE(IFANY): Nil

Course Objectives
The objective of the course is to present an overview of artificial intelligence (AI) principles
and approaches. Develop a basic understanding of the building blocks of AI as presented in
terms of intelligent agents: Search, Knowledge representation, inference, logic, and learning.

Course Description
This course gives a broad overview of the fundamental theories and techniques of Artificial
Intelligence. Major topics covered in the lectures include: Overview of AI Problems;
Intelligent Behavior: Turing Test, Rationale versus Non-rationale Reasoning; Problem
Characteristics: Fully versus Partially Observable, Single versus Multi agent; Intelligent
Agents: reactive, deliberative, goal-driven, utility-driven, and learning agents; Uninformed
Search: Depth First, Breadth First, Depth First with Iterative Deepening; Informed Search:
Hill climbing, A*- Search and their Time and Space Complexity, Local Search, Genetic
Algorithm; Game Playing: Min-max, Evaluation functions, Alpha-beta pruning; Propositional
and Predicate Logic; Resolution and Theorem Proving; Forward and Backward Chaining;
Machine Learning: Introduction, Supervised learning: Inductive learning, Decision tree,
Artificial neural networks.
SYLLABUS:
Week Topics

Overview of AI Problems; Intelligent Behavior: Turing Test, Formal Definitions


1 for Artificial Intelligence, History and Evolution of Artificial Intelligence
2 Intelligent agents and agents environments, Single versus Multi agent.
knowledge based systems, Nature of Agents: Autonomous versus Semi-
3 autonomous, Reflexive, Goal-based and Utility-based.
4 Tree and Graph, Search Strategies, DFS, BFS, Heuristically Informed Searches,
5 Hill Climbing, A* Search. Adversarial Search, time and space complexity
Problem Solving, Problem Representation, Components of Problem Solving, The
6 Two–One Problem.
Propositional and Predicate Logic. Pros and Cons of propositional logic, First
7 Order Logic.
8 Midterm Exam
Syntax and Semantics of FOL, Using FOL, Atomic/Complex Sentences, Rules of
9 Inference.
10 Proof, Resolution Inference Rule, Resolution Proof.
11 Forward chaining algorithm, backward chaining algorithm.
12 Classification, Inductive Learning, Simple Statistical Based Learning,
13 Machine Learning: Decision Tree
Neural Networks, Artificial Neural Networks, Single Layer Feed Forward neural
14 net.
Multilayer feed forward neural networks, multilayer back propagation neural
15 networks

TEXT/REFERENCE BOOKS:
 Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Russell, S., &Norvig, P., (2013), Prentice
Hall.
 Prolog Programming for Artificial Intelligence, Bratko, I., (2012), Addison-Wesley.
 Machine Learning, Mitchell, T., (1997), McGraw-Hill
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs):

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:


CLO Description Domain BT
Level*
LO1 Understand key components in the field of artificial C 2
intelligence
LO2 Implement classical artificial intelligence techniques C 3
LO3 Analyze artificial intelligence techniques for practical problem C 4
solving

*BT=Bloom’s Taxonomy, C=Cognitive domain, P=Psychomotor domain, A=Affective domain

MAPPING COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) ANDPROGRAM


LEARNINGOUTCOMES (PLOs)
PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES (PLOs)
a b c d e f g h i j k
CLO.1 X X
CLO.2 X
CLO.3 X

PROGRAM LEATNING OUTCOMES (PLOs):


PLO DESCRIPTION
a The ability to utilize logic, mathematics, and physical sciences to model and solve
Computer Science problems.
b Proficiency in software design and development, design and analysis of algorithms
theory of programming languages, operating systems, theory of computation and
computer architecture.
c The ability to think critically, perform scientific analysis and develop solutions for
typical Computer Science problems.

d In depth knowledge in advanced and evolving areas in Computer Science.

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