A personal computer. (Image courtesy of Philippe Ramakers and stock.xchng.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Randall Davis
MIT Course Number
6.871
As Taught In
Spring 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Selected lecture notes
- Projects and examples
- Assignments: problem sets (no solutions)
- Assignments: activity (no examples)
Course Description
This course covers the development of programs containing a significant amount of knowledge about their application domain. The course includes a brief review of relevant AI techniques; case studies from a number of application domains, chosen to illustrate principles of system development; a discussion of technical issues encountered in building a system, including selection of knowledge representation, knowledge acquisition, etc.; and a discussion of current and future research. The course also provides hands-on experience in building an expert system (term project).