Agent Based Systems (U02497)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 9 ? Acronym : INF-3-ABS

The aim of this course is to provide a comprehensive introduction to agents and multiagent systems. It covers a broad range of distributed artificial intelligence topics including agent architectures, agent interaction and communication, and applications of agent-based systems. It lays the foundations for advanced courses such as Multi-Agent Semantic Web Systems.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Informatics 2D Introduction to Java Programming Successful completion of Year 2 of an Informatics Single or Combined Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School. Students must also have a basic knowledge of probability theory and a good command of propositional and first-order logic.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
08/01/2007	14:00	14:50	Room G.09, William Robertson Building	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	14:00	14:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	14:00	14:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

After completion of the course, students will:
* have gained an understanding of the "agent" perspective on computational systems,
* be able to analyse and model distributed systems in terms of openness, decentralisation and autonomy,
* be capable of designing and implementing intelligent agents using different architectures,
* have developped a sense for the importance of integrating different AI techniques when constructing intelligent agents,
* know how to make agents work together (or against each other) through an appropriate use of interaction mechanisms, and
* be able to apply this knowledge to design distributed intelligent systems to meet the demands of modern, distributed computing environments.