CS  522    SUMMER  2009  



   Instructor: Dr. Chris Nikolopoulos

   Office: BR 197

   Tel.: 677-2456

   E-mail: chris@bradley.edu

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

 
   Grading: 90 - 100   A

            80 - 90    B

		e.t.c. 

   Based on:   
             Final      100 points    take home exam


             Homework   100 points DUE on July 10th
             Homework link here




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.


READING ASSIGNMENTS PER WEEK FROM MY BOOK:
Week 1:
Chapter 2 Theoretical Foundations, Logic Programming
Week 2:
Chapter 3 Knowledge Representation
Week 3:
Chapter 5: Uncertainty, 5.1,5.2,5.3,5.5
Week 4:
Chapter 6: Machine Learning
Week 5:
Chapter 7: Neural Networks