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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
CMP4501 | Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TEVFİK AYTEKİN |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | The course introduces basics of artificial intelligence. Basic search techniques used for problem solving, fundamentals of knowledge representation and logical formalisms, basic learning algorithms, and fundamentals of expert systems will be introduced. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; I. Be able to formulate a state space description of a problem II. Be able to select and implement brute-force or heuristic algorithm for a problem. III. Be able to implement minimax search with alpha-beta pruning. IV. Be able to compare and evaluate the most common models for knowledge representation. V. Be able to explain the operation of the resolution technique for theorem proving. VI.Be able to explain the differences among supervised and unsupervised learning. VII. Be able to explain the concepts of overfitting, underfitting, bias, and variance. VIII. Be able to implement some of the basic algorithms for supervised learning and unsupervised learning. IX. Be able to describe fundamentals of expert systems and evaluate them. |
Introduction to AI, state spaces and searching, heuristic functions and search, alpha-beta pruning, propositional and first-order predicate logic, propositional and first order inference, unification and resolution, linear regression, logistic regression, neural networks and backpropagation algorithm, Bayes’ rule and naive Bayes algorithm, clustering and k-means algorithm, fundementals of expert systems, software for expert systems. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to AI | |
2) | State spaces and searching. | |
3) | Heuristic functions and search | |
4) | Decisions in games, alpha-beta pruning. | |
5) | Propositional and first-order predicate logic | |
6) | Propositional and first order inference | |
7) | Unification and resolution | |
8) | Linear Regression | |
9) | Midterm | |
10) | Logistic Regression | |
11) | Neural networks and backpropagation algorithm. | |
12) | Bayes’s rule and naive Bayes algorithm. | |
13) | Clustering and k-means algorithm | |
14) | Fundementals of expert systems. | |
15) | Software for expert systems. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Russell, S., Norvig, P., Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, (3rd edition), 2009. Giarratano, J.C., Riley, G.D., Expert Systems: Principles and Programming, (4th edition), 2004. |
References: | Yok - None |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Quizzes | 2 | % 10 |
Project | 1 | % 20 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 42 |
Project | 4 | 20 |
Homework Assignments | 10 | 20 |
Quizzes | 2 | 8 |
Midterms | 5 | 15 |
Final | 5 | 20 |
Total Workload | 125 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | As a world citizen, she is aware of global economic, political, social and ecological developments and trends. | 2 |
2) | He/she is equipped to closely follow the technological progress required by global and local dynamics and to continue learning. | 2 |
3) | Absorbs basic economic principles and analysis methods and uses them to evaluate daily events. | 2 |
4) | Uses quantitative and statistical tools to identify economic problems, analyze them, and share their findings with relevant stakeholders. | 2 |
5) | Understands the decision-making stages of economic units under existing constraints and incentives, examines the interactions and possible future effects of these decisions. | 1 |
6) | Comprehends new ways of doing business using digital technologies. and new market structures. | 2 |
7) | Takes critical approach to economic and social problems and develops analytical solutions. | 1 |
8) | Has the necessary mathematical equipment to produce analytical solutions and use quantitative research methods. | 2 |
9) | In the works he/she contributes, observes individual and social welfare together and with an ethical perspective. | 2 |
10) | Deals with economic problems with an interdisciplinary approach and seeks solutions by making use of different disciplines. | 1 |
11) | Generates original and innovative ideas in the works she/he contributes as part of a team. | 2 |