Undergraduate Course: Agent Based Systems (INFR09023)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Informatics |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to All Students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 09 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
10 |
| Home subject area |
Informatics |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/abs |
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| Course description |
The aim of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to agents and multiagent systems. It covers a broad range of distributed artificial intelligence topics including agent architectures, agent interaction and communication, and applications of agent-based systems. It lays the foundations for advanced courses such as Multi-Agent Semantic Web Systems. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Informatics 2D - Reasoning and Agents (INFR08010) AND
Introduction to Java Programming (INFR09021)
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
Successful completion of Year 2 of an Informatics Single or Combined Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School. Students must also have a basic knowledge of probability theory and a good command of propositional and first-order logic.
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to All Students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - have gained an understanding of the "agent" perspective on computational systems,
2 - be able to analyse and model distributed systems in terms of openness, decentralisation and autonomy,
3 - be capable of designing and implementing intelligent agents using different architectures,
4 - have developped a sense for the importance of integrating different AI techniques when constructing intelligent agents,
5 - know how to make agents work together (or against each other) through an appropriate use of interaction mechanisms, and
6 - be able to apply this knowledge to design distributed intelligent systems to meet the demands of modern, distributed computing environments. |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 75
Assessed Assignments 25
Oral Presentations 0
Assessment
Two practical programming and/or written pencil-and-paper assignments.
If delivered in semester 1, this course will have an option for semester 1 only visiting undergraduate students, providing assessment prior to the end of the calendar year. |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Richard Mayr
Tel: (0131 6)50 5130
Email: rmayr@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Tamise Totterdell
Tel: 0131 650 9970
Email: t.totterdell@ed.ac.uk |
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