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12858 (v.3) Computer Technology 403



 

Area:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Contact Hours:

4.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly

Laboratory:

1 x 3 Hours Fortnightly

Prerequisite(s):

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


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 1Y  

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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