| Introduction and Background |
| 1 |
Course Organization; Spirit of the Undertaking (PDF) |
| 2 |
Tell it What to Know; Search (PDF) |
| The Spirit and Pragmatics of KBS |
| 3 |
Origins of KBS: MACSYMA and DENDRAL (PDF) |
| 4 |
Application Analysis Case Study: Case Introduction (PDF) |
| 5 |
Application Analysis Case Study: Class Discussion |
| 6 |
Rule-Based Systems (PDF) |
| Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Paradigms |
| 7 |
Semantic Nets (PDF) |
| 8 |
Logic (PDF) |
| 9 |
Frame-Based Systems (PDF) |
| 10 |
Uncertain Reasoning, Models of Rationality (PDF) |
| 11 |
Blackboards |
| 12 |
Pragmatic Issues in Knowledge Acquisition (PDF) |
| 13 |
Summary of Knowledge Representation (PDF) |
| Problem Solving Paradigms |
| 14 |
Causal Reasoning (PDF) |
| 15 |
Model-Based Reasoning (PDF) |
| 16 |
Case-Based Reasoning |
| 17 |
Reasoning with Constraints (PDF) |
| 18 |
Reasoning about Physical Systems |
| Research Issues |
| 19 |
Human Intelligence Project |
| 20 |
Common Sense |
| 21 |
Learning |
| 22 |
Ontologies and Data Mining (PDF) |
| Project Presentations |
| 23 |
Project Presentations and Discussion |
| 24 |
Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.) |
| 25 |
Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.) |
| 26 |
Project Presentations and Discussion (cont.) |