WPI Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Computer Science Department
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CS 538 - Expert Systems

Schedule - Spring 2007

Version: Thu Mar 8 15:20:41 EST 2007

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>> A description of which chapters match which topics <<

>> PSM references and links to PDF <<


class   date    who  chapt   topic
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1     17 Jan   Dave      1   Intros, Organization, Handouts.
                             Knowledge Engineering exercise (Selection task).
                             Partial ES Overview.  

2     24 Jan   Dave      3   Continue ES Overview. 
                             Discuss Clancey "Classification p-s" (1984).
                             Discuss Chandrasekaran "Generic" Tasks (1986) (pdf available)
                             Review chapter

3     31 Jan   --       11   MYCIN/(EMYCIN)
               --            TEIRESIAS 
                             Review chapter 11
                            (Folder to Jason)
                             CLIPS/JESS PSM project proposal due (1/2 page)

4     07 Feb   --       12   MDX/CSRL  {CSRL example}
               --            INTERNIST/CADUCEUS
                             Review chapter 12

-     14 Feb   Winter Storm: Class Postponed

5     21 Feb   --       13   CASNET
               Jason         PROSPECTOR
                             Review chapter 13
                            (Folder to Matt)

6     28 Feb   --       14   AM
               --            MOLGEN
                             Review chapter 14

7     07 Mar   --       15   DENDRAL/Meta-DENDRAL
               Matt          SU-X/HASP/SIAP 
                             Review chapter 15
                            (Folder to Christina)

8     14 Mar   --       18   R1/XCON
               --            VT 
                             Review chapter 18

9     21 Mar   --       22   AIR-CYL {DSPL}
               Christina     CHEF    {Chapts. 1-3, Hammond, Case-Based Planning, Q335 H35 1989}
                             Review chapter 22            

10    28 Mar                 PSM literature: 
                               The Knowledge Level, Newell (1982)
                               Clancey "Heuristic Classification" (1985)
        		       McDermott, towards a taxonomy of p-s methods (1988)

11    04 Apr                 PSM literature:
			       Chandrasekaran & Johnson "Generic Tasks" (1993) (pdf available)
			       KADS (1992)
                               CommonKADS (1994)

12    11 Apr                 PSM literature:
                               Chandrasekaran, Design P-S: A Task Analysis (1990) (pdf available)
                               Wielinga & Schreiber, Configuration-design p-s (1997) (pdf available)
                               Motta book, Chapters 7 & 8 (1999)

13    18 Apr                 PSM literature: 
                               Chandrasekaran et al: Ontology of Tasks & Methods (1998) (pdf available)
                               Fensel book, Chapters 1-3, 6-7 (2000)
                             CLIPS/JESS PSM project due: short demos

14    25 Apr                 Protégé   (web page)
                               The Evolution of Protege: An Environment for Knowledge-Based System Development
                               Ontology Development 101: A Guide to Creating Your First Ontology                               
                Jason..........Problem-Solving Methods in Protégé-2000
                               Configuring Online Problem-Solving Resources with the Internet Reasoning Service




==    27 Apr                {last day of Spring Semester}



If needed:    Videos   Video 1. Feigenbaum -- Expert Systems
	               Video 2. Chandrasekaran -- Generic Tasks 

Note: This schedule takes no notice of the break between the undergraduate terms.
You'll have to work on your tan at home! There may be cancellations due to snow -- hence the spare day.
We'll work it out on the fly.


dcb@cs.wpi.edu