Automated Planning (VS1) (P02447)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : INF-P-PLAN

The aim of this course is to provide a solid grounding in artificial intelligence techniques for planning, with a comprehensive view of the wide spectrum of different problems and approaches, including their underlying theory and their applications.

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : P01197

? Pre-requisites : For Informatics PG and final year MInf students only, or by special permission of the School. This course is only available to part-year visiting students who are only in Edinburgh for Semester 1.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Artificial Intelligence, (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

Other subject areas

Cognitive Science, (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

Computational Linguistics, (School of Informatics, Schedule O)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

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

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
25/09/2008	10:00	10:50	Tutorial Room M2A, Appleton Tower	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	10:00	10:50	Central
Lecture	Thursday	10:00	10:50	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

-Understand and formalize different planning problems.
-Discuss the theoretical and practical applicability of different approaches.
-Have the basic know how to design and implement planning systems.
-Know how to use planning technology for projects in different application domains.
-Ability to review planning literature relevant to an area covered in the course.