| CODE | CSA3220 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Machine Learning, Expert Systems and Fuzzy Logic | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Intelligent Computer Systems | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | PART ONE – Expert Systems and Fuzzy Logic Expert Systems Expert Systems are considered by many to be the one of the most important contribution of A.I. to the wider world of computing. Hundreds of expert systems have been successfully implemented worldwide. This part of the unit introduces the students to the history, principles, design, and implementation of modern production-rule expert systems. Fuzzy Logic Since it was invented in the 70s to the present day, fuzzy logic has slowly gained in popularity. Fuzzy logic arose from the need for a mathematical formalism to characterize the concept of uncertainty (or fuzziness). Today we find fuzzy logic controllers in automobile transmissions, home appliances, cameras, VCRs, industrial machinery, trains, and many other devices. We introduce the student to the basic principles of fuzzy logic and fuzzy sets and then proceed to study the design and implementation of fuzzy logic controllers as used in many devices. The study-unit assignment will involve the implementation of a Fuzzy Logic Controller. PART TWO – Machine Learning Both pattern recognition and machine learning belong to the most advanced areas of A.I. Numerical methods combined with A.I. techniques have been especially successful in pattern recognition. Research in Machine Learning is now recognised as one of the most important areas of A.I. as well as having application to knowledge acquisition in A.I. systems and contributing to the understanding of human cognition. Topics discussed: - Principles of learning machines, Gold’s Theorem; - Concepts and Categories in Cognitive Science; - Computational learning theory (COLT); - PAC-learning; - Grammatical inference; - Concept learning; - Find-S, Candidate Elimination, and the ID-3 learning algorithms; - Neural Networks. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify the types of problems that can be tackled using machine learning techniques; - Evaluate different machine learning strategies and apply them; - Implement a variety of machine learning algorithms to solve real-world problems; - Understand and evaluate the performance of machine-learning algorithms on real data. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - T Mitchell. Machine Learning, McGraw Hill. - Michael Negnevitsky, Artificial Intelligence: A Guide to Intelligent Systems, Addison Wesley, ISBN 0-201-71159-1. - Study-unit notes and WWW links. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU ARE ADVISED TO TAKE CSA1017 AND TAKE ICS2207 AND ( TAKE ICS2210 OR TAKE ICS2212 ) | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | George Azzopardi Kristian Guillaumier |
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