CS 661 - Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Units: 3
Intelligence, rational agent design, state-spaces, search, heuristic functions and A*, game playing, knowledge representation, formal logic, reasoning, expert systems, machine learning paradigms including neural networks and genetic algorithms, introduction to Lisp and Scheme. Programming projects and review of literature.

Prerequisites: CS 411 or CS 611.
Credit Restrictions: Computer Science M.S. or B.S. students only.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Author creative and robust programs in Lisp or Scheme. analyze the strengths and limitations of various state-space and heuristic search algorithms.
Represent domain knowledge in propositional and first-order logic.
Utilize probabilistic reasoning techniques to solve problems with incomplete or uncertain information.
Apply machine learning techniques to real-world problems.