Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE CSA5211

 
TITLE Agent Technology

 
UM LEVEL 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course

 
MQF LEVEL Not Applicable

 
ECTS CREDITS 6

 
DEPARTMENT Intelligent Computer Systems

 
DESCRIPTION The purpose of this study-unit is to give an overview of the state of the art in agent research and technologies. The main concentration will be on intelligent agents which are software or hardware entities that perform a set of tasks on behalf of a user with some degree of autonomy.

Textbooks:

• N.R. Jennings & M.J. Wooldridge (Eds), Agent Technology, 1998, Springer-Verlag, ISBN: 3540635912.
• T B Passin, Explorer’s guide to the Semantic Web, Manning, 2004, ISBN: 1-932394-20-6.
• M C Daconta et al, The Semantic Web, Wiley, ISBN 0-0-471-43257-1.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Lecture

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Assignment Yes 20%
Examination (3 Hours) Yes 80%

 
LECTURER/S

 

 
The University makes every effort to ensure that the published Courses Plans, Programmes of Study and Study-Unit information are complete and up-to-date at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to make changes in case errors are detected after publication.
The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints.
Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.
It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years.

https://www.um.edu.mt/course/studyunit