Design of a course in artificial intelligence and expert systems

Author

Burghart, James H.

Author_Institution

Dept. Electr. Eng., Cleveland State Univ., OH, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

22-25 Oct 1988

Firstpage

279

Lastpage

284

Abstract

A model is described for the design and implementation of a new senior-level engineering course for the introduction of artificial intelligence and expert systems. The course is intended to provide an introduction to the most important concepts of artificial intelligence within forty contact hours. Students in the course were required to complete a term project which typically involved the design of an elementary expert system using an artificial-intelligence language. Some of the important issues involved in developing such a course include choice of topics, choice of computer languages and facilities, and the definition of term project assignments that can be completed in one term and yet be meaningful. Conclusions drawn after twice offering this course and suggestions for those involved in designing a course of this type are presented

Keywords

artificial intelligence; educational courses; expert systems; artificial-intelligence language; choice of topics; computer languages; course design; expert systems; facilities; senior-level engineering course; term project; term project assignments; Application software; Artificial intelligence; Computer languages; Design engineering; Diagnostic expert systems; Engineering students; Expert systems; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent systems; Robot sensing systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1988., Proceedings

Conference_Location

Santa Barbara, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1988.34992

Filename

34992