Knowledge-Based Applications Systems

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MIT Course Number

6.871

As Taught In

Spring 2005

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

Course Features

Course Description

This course covers the development of programs containing a significant amount of knowledge about their application domain. The course includes a brief review of relevant AI techniques; case studies from a number of application domains, chosen to illustrate principles of system development; a discussion of technical issues encountered in building a system, including selection of knowledge representation, knowledge acquisition, etc.; and a discussion of current and future research. The course also provides hands-on experience in building an expert system (term project).

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Randall Davis. 6.871 Knowledge-Based Applications Systems. Spring 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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