Detailed Syllabus (SUBJECT TO CHANGE!!!)  
 
Lectures  Topic(s)  Assignments
I Administration, Artificial Intelligence  
August 26 Introduction

RN 1 (pdf)

 
August 28 Intelligent Agents

RN 2 (pdf)

 
II Problem-solving  
September 2, 4, 9 Solving Problems by Searching

RN 3.1-3.5 (pdf)

Homework 1 (assigned 9/4, due 9/11)
Answer Key

September 11, 16, 18 Informed Search and Exploration: I

RN 4.1-4.2 (pdf)

Homework 2: paper: (assigned 9/16, due 9/23)
NOTE: No late hw2s will be accepted, as the answer key will be released when hw2 is due (to potentially help with hw3)
Answer Key

Homework 3: programming (assigned 9/18, due 10/2)

September 18, 23 Informed Search and Exploration: II

RN 4.3 (pdf)

 
September 25, 30 (Chenhai lectures), October 2 Constraint Satisfaction Problems

RN 5.1-5.3 (pdf)

Homework 4: paper (assigned 10/2, due 10/14)
Answer Key
October 2, 7 Adversarial search

RN 6.1-6.3 (pdf)

Homework 5: paper and programming (posted 10/7, due to religious holiday for some, and fall break for all, for following two classes; paper due 10/16, programming due 10/21)
Answer Key
III Knowledge and reasoning  
October 7, 9 (Chenhai lectures), OCTOBER 14 (no class), 16 (class resumes), 21 Logical Agents (propositional logic)

RN 7.1-7.5 (pdf)

 
October 21 Midterm Review Scope/Format/Examples (pdf)  
October 23 Midterm Exam (closed-book, NO makeups)

Coverage: Chapters 2-6

 
October 28 Propositional Logic (continued) Homework 5 Redo: program (assigned 10/28, intent due 11/4, program due 11/11)
Homework 6: paper (assigned 10/28, due 11/4)
Answer Key
October 30 First-Order Logic

RN 8 (pdf)

 
October 30, November 4, 6, 11 Inference in FOL

RN 9 (pdf)
11/4: Midterms will be returned

Homework 7: paper (assigned 11/4, due 11/11)
Answer Key
Homework 8: paper (assigned 11/11, due 11/18) - make sure you have the most recent version
Answer Key
November 11, 13 Knowledge Represention

RN 10.3 - situation calculus (pdf)

 
IV Planning  
November 18, 20 Planning

RN 11.1-11.3 (pdf, pdf primarily for POP)

Homework 9: paper (assigned 11/18, due 11/25)
Answer Key
Homework 10: paper (assigned 11/20, due 12/04 - no late assignments can be accepted as the answer key will be made available on 12/04)
Answer Key
V Uncertain knowledge and reasoning  
November 25, December 2 Uncertainty

RN 13 (pdf)

 
December 2, 4 Probabilistic Reasoning

RN 14.1-14.2 (pdf)

Sample Homework: paper (not assigned, but available for exam practice)
Answer Key
December 4 Final Review Scope/Format/Coverage (pdf)  
Thursday, December 11
10:00 a.m. - 11:50 a.m
(Pitt Exam Schedule)
Final Exam (closed book, NO makeups)