The textbooks are:
The final exam for the course will take place on Tuesday, May 5, 1998, at 2pm in the classroom (Sumwalt 240). This is the regularly scheduled time for courses taught from 12:30 to 1:45 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
A course outline follows. The Sections of the text listed under the ``lecture'' headings should be read before the corresponding class.
| Week Begins | Topic | Lecture #1 | Lecture #2 | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 12 | Introduction | Introduction [S] | Introduction[S], 1 [J] | None |
| January 19 | Causal and Bayesian Nets | 2.1 & 2.2[J] | 2.3 to 2.7[J] | 2.1-2.9 [J] |
| January 26 | Modeling with Bayesian Nets | 3.1 & 3.2[J] | 3.3 to 3.7[J] | 3.1, 3.2 3.3, 3.8, 3.15, 3.16 [J] |
| February 2 | Propagation in Bayesian Nets | 4.1 to 4.4[J] | 4.5 to 4.8[J] | 4.1, 4.2, 4.6 |
| February 9 | Use of Bayesian Network Models and Actions | 5.2 & 5.5[J] | 6.1 to 6.3 | 5.12, 5.13, 6.3 [J] |
| February 16 | Symbol Systems | Ch.1 [S] | Ch.1 [S] | 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.4.2, 1.4.5, 1.4.7 [S] |
| February 23 | Knowledge and Software Engineering | 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2.9, 3.3.5, 3.3.7 [S] |
| March 2 | Classification | 7 [S] | 7 [S] | 7.3.2 [S] |
| March 9 | Spring Break | No Class | No Class | None |
| March 16 | Configuration | 8 [S] | 8 [S] | 8.3.5 [S] |
| March 23 | Diagnosis and Troubleshooting | 9.1 and 9.2 [S] | 9.3 | 9.2.4, 9.2.5, 9.2.6, 9.2.9, 9.2.10, 9.2.11, 9.3.5, 9.3.7 [S] |
| March 30 | More Diagnosis and Troubleshooting | 9.3--9.5 [S] | 9.3--9.5 [S] | 9.4.1 [S] |
| April 6 | Reasoning About Time | 4 [S] | 4 [S] | TBA |
| April 13 | Reasoning About Space | 5 [S] | 5 [S] | TBD |
| April 20 | Open | TBD | TBD | TBD |