Undergraduate Course: Multi-agent Semantic Web Systems (Level 10) (INFR10019)
Course Outline
| School | School of Informatics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Informatics |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/masws |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The aim of the course is to give students an understanding of the theory and practice of large-scale, knowledge-based systems operating in an open, distributed environment. The primary intended examples of such systems are the Semantic Web; the semantic layer of grid based systems; and the coordination aspects of open multi-agent systems. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
|
Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Multi-agent Semantic Web Systems (Level 11) (INFR11030)
|
Other requirements | Successful completion of Year 3 of an Informatics Single or Combined Honours Degree, or equivalent by permission of the School. Students should have a basic familiarity with the syntax and semantics of first order logic. |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1 - Show an understanding of the basic principles of different theoretical models of distributed knowledge-based systems, and assess their applicability to specific knowledge-sharing tasks.
2 - Describe the motivations for, and effectiveness of, inference techniques in the implementation of distributed knowledge-based systems.
3 - Critically assess the adequacy of relevant standards (WSDL, RDF, OWL, etc) as a basis for building practical systems.
4 - Demonstrate an understanding of how the architecture and design of distributed knowledge-based systems interacts with wider social and technological developments. |
Assessment Information
Written Examination 70
Assessed Assignments 30
Oral Presentations 0
Assessment
Exercises and reports.
If delivered in semester 1, this course will have an option for semester 1 only visiting undergraduate students, providing assessment prior to the end of the calendar year. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Context
* History of the Semantic Web and Multi-agent systems
* Theory of knowledge sharing
Architectures
* Semantic Web and Multi-agent systems
Languages
* Theory: ontology specification, service specification and coordination specification
* Practice: using languages for service metadata and service description
Inference
* Reasoning with ontologies for the Semantic Web
* Service composition
* Service brokering
Craft
* Building example ontologies for agent communication
* Building Semantic Web sites
* Coordinating complex services
Relevant QAA Computing Curriculum Sections: Artificial Intelligence, Intelligent Information Systems Technologies |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
* Dean Allemang and Jim Hendler, Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist, Morgan Kaufman 2008
* Thomas B. Passin, Explorer's Guide to the Semantic Web, Manning 2004.
* Michael Wooldridge, An Introduction to MultiAgent Systems, Wiley 2nd Edition, 2009. |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Lectures 20
Tutorials 0
Timetabled Laboratories 0
Non-timetabled assessed assignments 30
Private Study/Other 50
Total 100 |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mary Cryan
Tel: (0131 6)50 5153
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Kate Weston
Tel: (0131 6)50 2701
Email: |
|
|
University Homepage