Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - Syllabus
Embark on a profound academic exploration as you delve into the Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course () within the distinguished Tribhuvan university's CSIT department. Aligned with the 2065 Syllabus, this course (CSC 304) seamlessly merges theoretical frameworks with practical sessions, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the subject. Rigorous assessment based on a 60+20+20 marks system, coupled with a challenging passing threshold of , propels students to strive for excellence, fostering a deeper grasp of the course content.
This 3 credit-hour journey unfolds as a holistic learning experience, bridging theory and application. Beyond theoretical comprehension, students actively engage in practical sessions, acquiring valuable skills for real-world scenarios. Immerse yourself in this well-structured course, where each element, from the course description to interactive sessions, is meticulously crafted to shape a well-rounded and insightful academic experience.
Units
Artificial Intelligence and related fields, brief history of AI, applications of AI, Definition & importance of knowledge & learning, Agent & its type and performance measures.
Problem Solving
Problem definition, problem as a state space search, problem formulation, problem types: Tor problems, Real world problems, Well-defined problems, Constraint satisfaction problem (Basic concept & examples), Production systems (Definition, Architecture, examples).
Search Techniques
Uniformed search techniques: depth first search, breadth first search, depth limit search, Iterative deepening search, Bidirectional search, & search strategy comparison. Informed search techniques: Greedy best first search, A* search, Hill climbing search, Simulated annealing, Game playing, Adversarial search techniques-mini-max procedure, alpha beta pruning.
Knowledge Representation, Inferential reasoning
Formal logic connectives, truth table, syntax, semantics, tautology, validity, well-formed formula, propositional logic, Inference with PL: Resolution, Backward chaining & Forward chaining, predicate logic (FOPL), quantification, inference with FOPL by converting into PL (Existential & Universal instantiation), Directly with FOPL. (Unification & lifting, resolution, backward chaining, forward chaining), Rule based deduction system, Statistical reasoning-probability & Bayes theorem & causal networks, reasoning in belief network.
Structured Knowledge Representation
Representation and mappings, Approaches to knowledge representation, Issues in knowledge representation, Semantic nets, Frames, Conceptual dependencies and scripts (Rich and Knight).
Machine Learning
Concepts of learning, learning from examples, explanation based learning, learning by analogy, learning by simulating evolution, learning by training neural nets, learning by training perceptions.
Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Expert system (Architecture, Expert system development process), Neural Network (Mathematical model, gate realization, Network structure), natural language processing (Steps of NLP parsing), Basic concepts of Machine vision.