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12858 (v.3) Computer Technology 403


Area:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 0.5 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 1.5 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

12855 (v.3) Embedded Software Design 304 or any previous version
 

Syllabus:

Fundamental issues in intelligent systems - History of artificial intelligence, Fundamental definitions, modelling the world, the role of heuristics. Search and Constraint Satisfaction - Problem spaces, search techniques, constraint satisfaction. Knowledge Representation and Reasoning - review of proposition and predicate logic, resolution and theorem proving, probabilistic reasoning, Bayes theorem. Advanced Search - genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, local search. Machine Learning and Neural Networks - definitionand examples of machine learning, supervised learning, learning decision trees, learning neural networks, learning theory, the problem of overfitting, unsupervised learning. Robotics - overview, state of the art, planning vs reactive control, uncertainty in control, sensing, world models, configuation space, planning, sensing, robot programming, navigation and control. Data Mining - the usefulness of data mining, associative and sequential patterns, data clustering, market basket analysis, data cleaning, data visualisation.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

31300 Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Technology (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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