Each student enrolled in CSE 415 will participate in a
project. With a few exceptions, projects will be done by
teams of three.
This is an opportunity to choose one of the application areas of
AI and get into it in depth.
Here are
the guidelines:
- Create an "intelligent agent" that demonstrates one of
the techniques from chapters 7-14 of the text.
- Implement the agent in Common Lisp.
- The interface should be conversational.
Normally this would be done along the lines of the interfaces
used by LINNEUS and Stone World programs (and possibly the SHRINK)
in the text.
Dates:
- By Feb. 24, come up with an idea for a possible project, and share
it with partners.
Post your idea by midnight on the INFACT.
- By Feb. 28, select the group's topic, identify work to be
done by each teammate, and post a sample scenario (simulated
session with your agent).
- By Wednesday, March 12, create your program and get it running
so that you can demonstrate it in class. We will meet in MGH 030
where you will have the use of a PC to demo your agent.
- By Monday, March 17 at 2:30 PM, turn in your project report.
The report should be an electronic document (either raw ASCII text,
MS Word file, or a PDF file). The key elements of your report
include: Title of project, names and roles of each teammate,
what the agent is supposed to do, technique used and brief description
(half a page) of how that technique works -- if you use multiple AI
techniques then describe each one but with somewhat less detail for
each one, transcript of a sample session, brief demo instructions,
code excerpt showing some
interesting part(s) of your LISP code and some explanation of it,
brief description of what each team member learned in this project,
what you would like to add to your agent if you had more time,
and citations for any references you used in the project.
As an "appendix" to the project, provide full source code for your
agent.
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