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Instructor(s)
Prof. Randall Davis
MIT Course Number
6.871
As Taught In
Spring 2005
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course covers the development of programs containing a significant amount of knowledge about their application domain. The course includes a brief review of relevant AI techniques; case studies from a number of application domains, chosen to illustrate principles of system development; a discussion of technical issues encountered in building a system, including selection of knowledge representation, knowledge acquisition, etc.; and a discussion of current and future research. The course also provides hands-on experience in building an expert system (term project).