Objectives
Outcomes
Unit – I
Search Strategies- Hill climbing - Backtracking - Graph search - Properties of A* algorithm - Monotone restriction - Specialized production systems - AO* algorithm.
Unit – II
Searching game trees- Minimax procedure - Alpha-beta pruning - Introduction to predicate calculus.
Unit – III
Knowledge Representation- Reasoning - STRIPS - Structured representation of knowledge - Dealing with uncertainty.
Unit – IV
Introduction to Expert Systems- Inference - Forward chaining - Backward chaining - Languages and tools - Explanation facilities - Knowledge acquisition.
Unit – V
Natural Language Processing- Introduction - Understanding - Perception - Machine learning.