This curricular unit gives the student a first contact with Artificial intelligence. The concept of agent is introduced and the techniques of seeking Artificial intelligence are studied.
• Explain the concept of agent;
• Formulating and solving any problem in which AI techniques can be applied;
• Defining the search space for a specific problem and choose the best approach to resolve/optimize it;
• Developing problem-dedicated heuristics in order to improve the search.
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach. Third Edition. Stuart Russell; Peter Norvig. Prentice Hall, ISBN 978-0136042594. Site: http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/.
E-learning
Continuous assessment is privileged: 2 or 3 digital written documents (e-folios) during the semester (40%) and a
presence-based final exam (p-folio) in the end of the semester (60%). In due time, students can alternatively choose to perform one
final presence-based exam (100%).
Pré-requisitos: conhecimentos de Programação (UC 21090) e Programação por Objetos (UC 21093).
