CS  522    SPRING 2008  



   Instructor: Dr. Chris Nikolopoulos

   Office: BR 197

   Tel.: 677-2456

   Office hours: W 2:00-3:20, T-Th. 11:45-12:30  and by appointment.

   E-mail: chris@bumail.bradley.edu

		
   Texts:
     1.   
Chris Nikolopoulos, Expert Systems: An Introduction
to First, Second Generation and Hybrid Knowledge based Systems,
Marcel Dekker, 1997.        
           (required)  

     2.    Lucas, MASTERING PROLOG, Taylor 1995.
            (recommended)
 
  

   Grading: 90 - 100   A

            80 - 90    B

		e.t.c. 

   Based on: Midterm    100 points  On:Tuesday, March 11th    
  

            Final      100 points   On: Thursday, May 8, 12:00-2:00


             Project    50 points  DUE on day of final exam

             Homework   50 points 




We will cover logic Programming and study an implementation language, namely 
the declarative language PROLOG and apply it on Artificial Intelligence
applications. We will give an overview of Expert Systems and related 
technology. We will cover the areas of neural networks and Hybrid Expert 
Systems (a combination of neural nets or other paradigms and expert systems). 
Machine Learning and Data Mining will also be areas of emphasis. Fuzzy
logic and fuzzy systems will also be covered.

By the fifth or sixth week of the term you should decide on a project
topic. Options for project topics will be given in class.  
Oral presentations on the projects are to be delivered on the last day of 
class.