1. COMP 304: Artificial Intelligence

2. General Lecturer: Nelishia Pillay Office: Room F3 Telephone: 2605644 E-mail: pillayn32@ukzn.ac.zapillayn32@ukzn.ac.za Web page: http://titan.cs.unp.ac.za/~nelishiap/ comp304.htm http://titan.cs.unp.ac.za/~nelishiap/ comp304.htm

3. Timetable DayPeriodVenue Monday08:40-09:25F8 Tuesday11:25-12:10F8 Tuesday12:20:13:05F8 Wednesday14:20-16:45G21

4. Tests and Assignments Two tests – Test 1 – 31 August 2011 – Test 2 – 13 October 2011 Three assignments – Assignment 1 – 15 August 2011 – Assignment 2 – 26 September 2011 – Assignment 3 – 24 October 2011.

5. DP and Final Mark Calculation DP requirements Attendance of 80% of the pracs/tuts Class mark = 0.4 x average obtained for assignments + 0.6 x average obtained for tests. A class mark of at least 40% Three hour written examination Final mark = 0.3 x class mark + 0.7 x exam mark.

6. Topics Covered Introduction to artificial intelligence State space representation and search Game playing Knowledge representation Prolog programming Expert systems Neural networks Genetic algorithms Agents and planning.

7. Notes and Books Notes available from Mrs Wilson F13 – Student card Numerous library books on AI.