PB016 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium), z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Aleš Horák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Supplier department: Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Fri 12:00–13:50 D2
Prerequisites
Examples in the course are presented in the Prolog programming language, students independently have to manage the principles of Prolog at the level of understanding the program operation.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Introduction to problem solving in the area of artificial intelligence (with algorithms in the Prolog programming language). The main aim of the course is to provide information about fundamental algorithms used in AI.
Syllabus
  • The Prolog language.
  • Operations and data structures.
  • State space searching.
  • Heuristics, Best-first search, A* search.
  • Problem decomposition, AND/OR graphs.
  • Constraint Satisfaction Problems.
  • Games and basic game strategies.
  • Intelligent agents, propositional logic, first order predicate logic.
  • TIL - transparent intensional logic.
  • Knowledge representation and reasoning.
  • Learning, decision trees, neural networks.
  • Natural language processing.
Literature
  • Stuart Russel \& Peter Norvig: Artificial intelligence : a modern approach, 2nd.ed., Prentice Hall, 2003.
  • BRATKO, Ivan. Prolog programming for artificial intelligence. 3rd ed. Harlow: Addison-Wesley, 2001, xxi, 678 s. ISBN 0-201-40375-7. info
  • NORVIG, Peter and Stuart Jonathan RUSSELL. Artificial intelligence :a modern approach. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 1995, xxviii, 93. ISBN 0-13-103805-2. info
  • Sylaby přednášek.
Teaching methods
Lectures with recommended self-study of examples, with voluntary student talks.
Assessment methods
The final grade consists of 2 written tests and voluntary student presentations.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/uui/
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