Course detail

Expert Systems

FSI-VEX-KAcad. year: 2010/2011

The course deals with the following topics: Architecture and properties of expert systems. Principles and techniques of knowledge representation. Rule-based systems. Semantic nets and frame systems. Hybrid expert systems, blackboard architectures. Representing and handling uncertainty. Fuzzy logic, linguistic models, fuzzy expert systems. Tools for building expert systems. Knowledge acquisition, machine learning. Characteristics and demonstrations of selected expert systems. Examples of expert system applications.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

5

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. RNDr. Miloslav Druckmüller, CSc.

Department

Institute of Mathematics (ÚM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge of basic principles of working and building expert systems. Ability to select and apply a proper tool for building an expert system.

Prerequisites

Mathematical logic, set theory, probability theory, basic knowledge of artificial intelligence.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Course-unit credit requirements: active attendance at the seminars, creating a simple application of an expert system.
Examination: written test (simple problem and theoretical questions), oral exam.

Course curriculum

Not applicable.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The goal of the course is to make students familiar with the principles of working expert systems. They will acquire fundamentals of knowledge engineering.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at the seminars is controlled. An absence can be compensated for via solving given problems.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Giarratano, J., Riley, G. Expert Systems. Principles and Programming. Boston, PWS Publishing Company 1998.
Jackson, P. Introduction to Expert Systems. Harlow, Addison-Wesley 1999.
Siler, W., Buckley, J.J. Fuzzy Expert Systems and Fuzzy Reasoning. Hoboken, New Jersey, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2005.

Recommended reading

Berka, P. a kol. Expertní systémy. Skripta. Praha, VŠE 1998.
Berka, P. Dobývání znalostí z databází. Praha, Academia 2003.
Kelemen J. a kol. Tvorba expertních systémů v prostředí CLIPS. Praha, Grada 1999.
Mařík, V. a kol. Umělá inteligence (1, 2). Praha, Academia 1993, 1997.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N2301-2 Master's

    branch M-AIŘ , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory
    branch M-AIŘ , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Guided consultation

17 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

RNDr. Jiří Dvořák, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Characteristic features and structure of expert systems, fields of applications.
2. Introduction to the CLIPS system – facts, templates, rules, patterns, process of inference.
3. Functions in CLIPS, definition of user functions.
4. Rule-based expert systems, inference mechanisms.
5. Semantic nets and frames, hybrid expert systems, blackboard architectures.
6. Objects in CLIPS.
7. Probabilistic approaches to handling uncertainty, Bayesian nets.
8. Handling uncertainty by means of certainty factors and Dempster-Shafer theory.
9. Fuzzy approaches to handling uncertainty.
10. Fuzzy expert systems.
11. Process of building expert system. Knowledge acquisition, verification and validation.
12. Introduction to machine learning, decision tree learning, learning sets of rules.
13. Explanation based learning, analogical reasoning, version space search, conceptual clustering, Bayesian learning, fuzzy learning.