CP3210, Assignment 1, 1997

Worth 15%. Due on 27/3/97

Industrial and Commercial Application of AI

Write a survey of the industrial and commercial application of Artificial Intelligence technology. There is a wealth of material on this topic in the library and on the WWW. Some of the more well known applied technologies are reasoning (expert systems), vision, neural nets, logic, robotics, natural language processing. You must ensure that you cover a broad range of AI technology. References to appropriate literature must be supplied, but do not copy out passages from the literature - your survey must demonstrate that you have an understanding of the issue.

The survey must be 2500 to 3000 words excluding references, and must be word processed (hand written assignments will be ignored). If you are unfamiliar with technical and scientific writing style, there are several books in the library that will guide you.

Remember ... late and plagiarised assignments receive 0%.

Marking Scheme

Four areas of AI to be covered, each worth 3 marks. One mark for each non-trivial example in each area, to the maximum of 3 marks. Half marks awarded for trivial examples. Three marks for quality of writing.