Schedule - Spring 2010

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>> PSM references and links to PDF <<

class date who chapt topic ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 CLIPS/JESS PSM project proposal due (1/2 page) 4 07 Feb -- 12 MDX/CSRL {CSRL example} -- INTERNIST/CADUCEUS Review chapter 12 5 14 Feb -- 13 CASNET -- PROSPECTOR Review chapter 13 6 21 Feb -- 14 AM -- MOLGEN Review chapter 14 7 28 Feb -- 15 DENDRAL/Meta-DENDRAL -- SU-X/HASP/SIAP Review chapter 15 8 07 Mar -- 18 R1/XCON -- VT Review chapter 18 9 14 Mar -- 22 AIR-CYL {DSPL} -- CHEF {Chapts. 1-3, Hammond, Case-Based Planning, Q335 H35 1989} Review chapter 22 10 21 Mar PSM literature: The Knowledge Level, Newell (1982) Clancey "Heuristic Classification" (1985) McDermott, towards a taxonomy of p-s methods (1988) 11 28 Mar PSM literature (second generation): Chandrasekaran & Johnson "Generic Tasks" (1993) (pdf available) KADS (1992) CommonKADS (1994) 12 04 Apr PSM literature (sample tasks): 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 11 Apr PSM literature: (A Guide to Creating Your First Ontology -- optional background reading) 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 18 Apr Protégé (web page) The Evolution of Protege: An Environment for Knowledge-Based System Development Configuring Online Problem-Solving Resources with the Internet Reasoning Service The PSM Librarian: Configuring Problem-Solving Applications in Protégé (Problem-Solving Methods in Protégé-2000 -- optional background reading) Possible additional papers about: UPML IBROW == 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.