Feedback for AI: search methods for problem solving
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Final Examination
Dear All,
We hope you found the AI: Search Methods course enjoyable and informative, and that you now have a good grounding in this aspect of building intelligent systems.
We wish you all a very happy Diwali, a prosperous new year, and the best of luck for the final examination!
With best wishes,
Deepak Khemani
Shikha Singh
Devi G.
AI : Practice Exercises
Dear All,
Please find some practice exercises on Planning uploaded here (with a minor correction).
Regards,
Devi
Hall ticket for October 22nd NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download
Dear Candidate:
If you have registered and paid successfully for the October 22nd NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:
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Login
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NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.
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AI: Week 11 Assignment 1 Solutions
Dear All,
Solutions to W11 assignment have been posted.
SS
Feedback for Week 11 and Week 12 .
Week 12 Assignment is released.
Dear All,
The assignment for week 12 is available here.
Due date for this assignment is 11:55 PM on Oct 16,2017.
Best,
Devi
Week 12 video lectures are live!
Dear All,
Week 12 video content is now available on the portal.
Happy learning !
Best,Devi
Feedback for week 9
Feedback for week 10
AI: Week 10 Assignment Solution
Dear All,
Week 10 Assignment Solution has been added.
SS
Week 11 Assignment is released
Dear All,
Week 11 Assignment is available here.
Due date for this assignment is Oct 09, 2017.
Regards,
Devi
AI: Week 9 assignment solution and Week 11 content uploaded
Dear All,
Week 11 video content and Week 9 assignment solutions are now available on the portal.
Regards,
AI : Week 10 Videos and Assignment are live !
Dear All,
Week 10 video content and assignment are now available on the portal.
Due date for this assignment is 2017-10-02, 23:00 IST.
Link to assignment is here.
Happy learning !
Best,Devi
AI: Extension to W9 assignment submission deadline
Dear All,
Week 9 assignment submission deadline has been extended, considering that few of you might be appearing for Sep 24 NPTEL exam.
Extended due date for this assignment:
2017-09-28 (Thursday), 23:00 IST
Note that the due date for W10 assignment will be kept, as usual, following Monday i.e.
2017-10-02. Please plan accordingly.
Regards,
SS
AI: Week 8 Assignment Solution
Dear All,
Solutions to week 8 assignment have been posted.
Regards,
SS
Last date for Exam Registartion Extended
Dear Candidates
Last date for exam registration have been extended till Sep 26th, 5pm (Tuesday).
Payment of the exam fee can be done till: Sep 27, 10am (Wednesday)
The
certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city
chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form,
paying the exam fee and appear in person and to get the certificate.
Hard
and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates
who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%
Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.
-NPTEL Team
Feedback for week 8
Dear student
We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 8 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.
The link to give your feedback is :
week 8
We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team
AI : Week 9 content released
Dear All,
Week 9 video content is now available on the portal.
Happy learning !
Best,
SS
AI : Week 9 Assignment is up !
Dear All,
Week 9 Assignment is released !
Link
Regards,
Devi
Exam Type and Certificate Format
Dear student
The certification exam will be conducted at
designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for
the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in
person to get the certificate.
Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
Exam registration form closes on 20th September 2017 5:00 PM (Wednesday).
For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.
Type of exam: Computer based exam (Online)
Online:
You
will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall
ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving
License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of
birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in
person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall
ticket.
The questions will be on the computer and the answers
will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include
multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 11-15th October 2017. We will notify the same through email.
FINAL CERTIFICATE:
The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.
The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.
1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
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-NPTEL Team
Week7 - Solutions posted
Dear All,
Solutions for week 7 assignment have been posted : https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs30/unit?unit=42&lesson=145
Regards,
Devi
Feedback for week 7
Dear student
We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 7 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.
The link to give your feedback is :
week 7
We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team
AI : Week 8 Assignment is up !
Dear All,
The Week 8 Assignment is available on the portal. Due date for this assignment is 2017-09-18, 23:00 IST.
Link to assignment : https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs30/assessment?name=143
Regards,
Devi
AI : Week 8 contents released
Dear Students,
Week 8 video content is now available on the portal.
Happy learning !
Best,
Devi
AI: Week 6 Assignment Solution
Dear All,
Week 6 Assignment Solution has been put up on the portal.
Regards,
SS
Feedback for week 6
Dear student
We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.
We
are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare
some of your valuable time to input your observations for week 6
contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in
serving you better.
The link to give your feedback is :
week 6
We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team
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Week 7 Assignment Released
Dear All,
The Week 7 Assignment is available on the portal. Due date for this assignment is 2017-09-11, 23:00 IST.
Link to assignment : https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs30/unit?unit=42&assessment=138
Regards,
Devi
AI: Week 5 Assignment Solutions and Week 7 Content available
Dear All,
Week 7 video content is now available on the portal. Week 5 assignment solutions has already been put up and Week 7 Assignment is coming up soon...
Hope you have started working on Week 6 assignment, due date for which is this Friday: September 8.
Best,
SS
AI: Extension of submission due date of week 5 and week 6 assignments
Dear All,
Considering the Internet outage in Punjab and Haryana, assignment submission due date for week 5 and week 6 has been extended.
Week 5 assignment due date: 2017-09-01 (Friday), 23:00 IST
Week 6 assignment due date: 2017-09-08 (Friday), 23:00 IST
The usual schedule of keeping every Monday, 23:00 IST as assignment due date will be resumed week 7 onwards, i.e. 2017-09-11, 2017-09-18 ...
Please plan accordingly.
Best,
SS
REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!
Dear Student:
Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the October 2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.
Registration is open from 29th AUGUST 2017 (Tuesday) until 20th September 2017 5:00 PM (Wednesday).
The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)
Dates of exam: 22nd October 2017(Sunday) [Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).
Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.
Tentative list of exam cities: http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fnptel.ac.in%2FLocalChapter%2FAssets%2Fspoc_refdocs%2FOct_2017_Exam_Cities.pdf&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFksV6ScgWkPREriW7zk7jpDmjAbA
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(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)
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Feedback for week 5
Dear student
We are glad that you have joined the NPTEL online certification course.
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations for Week 5 contents. This is not mandatory but your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.
The link to give your feedback is :
Week 5
We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.
Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team
AI: Week 6 Assignment 1
Dear All,
The Week 6 Assignment is available on the portal. Due date for this assignment is 2017-09-04, 23:00 IST.
Regards,
SS
AI: Week 6 Lectures are released !
Dear Students,
Week 6 video content is now available on the portal.
Happy learning !
Devi
AI : Week 4 Solutions uploaded
Dear all,
Please find the week 4 assignment solutions uploaded under Week 4 Tab
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_cs30/unit?unit=24&lesson=132
Regards,
Devi
AI: Week 5 Assignment 1
Dear All,
The Week 5 Assignment is available on the portal. Due date for this assignment is 2017-08-28, 23:00 IST.
Regards,
SS
AI: Week 5 Lectures are released !
Dear All,
Week 5 video content is now available on the portal.
Happy learning !
Devi
Feedback for week 4
AI: Week 3 Assignment 1 Solutions
Dear Students,
Normally we publish the answers of the
weekly assessment with only the answers so that you can compare your
answers with the ones specified in the solution. We hope you will be
able to work out the details. However, due to a lot of questions on the
forum this week, we are publishing a detailed answer this time.
SS
AI: Week 4 Assignment 1 Released
Dear All,
The Week 4 Assignment 1 is available on the portal. The last date to submit the assignment is 2017-08-21, 23:00 IST.
Regards,
SS
AI: Week 4 Video Content live
Dear All,
The week 4 video content is now available on the portal.
Happy learning !
SS
Week 3 Assignment Deadline
Dear All,
This is to remind that you have week 3 assignment due tomorrow, 23:00 IST.
Regards,
SS
Assignment Solutions
Dear All,
Week 1 and week 2 assignment solutions are available now.
SS
Feedback for week 1 ,week 2 and Week 3
Week 3 Video Content live
NPTEL TEAM
Week 3 Assignment
Dear All,
Assignment of Week 3 is available. Please note, due date is 2017-08-14, 23:00 IST.
SS
Reminder: deadline for assignments approaching
Dear All,
The assignments for week1 and week2 are due Monday, August 7, 23:00 IST.
Regards,
SS
You can now download the AI course videos in 4 formats ( MP4, 3gp, flv,mp3 )
Dear All,
Here is a good news !
NPTEL team has uploaded the course videos
in 4 formats (MP4, 3gp, flv,mp3) in this link : http://nptel.ac.in/courses/106106126/
Students having limited Internet access can now download the videos and watch them offline.
Regards,
Devi
AI:SMPS Week 2
Dear All,
We have done with the history and philosophical questions in Week 1. Now it is time to get down to algorithms.
In Week 2 we start with state space search, in which we try and model the problem solving process as finding a sequence of moves/decisions that will transform a given state into the desired state. We begin with the simplest of algorithms, which explore the state space in a predetermined fashion,or blindly, oblivious of where the goal state is. Next week we will try to impart search a sense of direction. We also start building the search machinery.
We encourage you to start implementing these algorithms, even though the implementations will not be evaluated. Nevertheless, we can have discussion on implementation issues on the discussion forum. The key is to implement the algorithms using only the MoveGen and GoalTest functions, in a manner that the domain functions can simply be plugged in.
The state space in the assessment this week is a search tree, which makes traversal unambiguous so that your answers can be graded automatically. In practice the search strategy generates a search tree even when the state space is a graph in general.
Please pay attention to the formats as stated in the assessment - no blanks to be entered. Only node names separated by commas.
Have fun!
DK
Week 2 Assessment
Dear All,
The assignment for week 2 has also been released. The due date for both this assignment is 7-08-2017, 23:00 IST.
Regards,
SS
Week 1 Contents are live!!!
Dear Candidate
Welcome to Week 1 of our course AI: search methods for problem solving! . In this week, we will focus on the history of AI and spend more time on interesting philosophical questions like What is thinking? and Can a machine think?
Along with the video contents, we have also released the first assignment for Week 1. The assignment contains 20 MCQ with Q.20 being a thinking exercise (i.e. no correct answer, and carries 0 marks). Due date for this assignment: 2017-08-07, 23:00 IST.
Please login using your registered id and find the videos+assignment contents under Week 1. Don't forget to post your doubts/questions on the message boards. The discussion forum is the best way to clarify your thoughts and move ahead.
Wishing you all the best,
Devi
Forum for AI: Search Methods for Problem Solving
Dear All,
You are of course free to join any discussion group on any media privately, but please note the following.
The Forum embedded on the course portal is the
only official communication channel monitored by the Faculty
coordinator and team and on which we will respond. NPTEL is NOT
responsible for any Whatsapp group or any other group created in any
other social media. Request the learners to refrain from sharing phone
numbers and other details which may be misused as this is a public group
and this information is available to all members in this group - NPTEL
will not be responsible for misuse of any such information.
Regards,
DK
Welcome to Artificial Intelligence: Search Methods for Problem Solving
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be seen as the quest of building thinking machines. Some practitioners say that AI involves mimicking human intelligence, but I like the definition given by John Haugeland (1945 - 2010) who said that the goal of AI is to build "machines with minds of their own". We begin this course with a history of this quest, which goes back to times much before the digital computer appeared on the scene.
We have already uploaded three weeks of videos. This is because in the first week we discuss the history of AI, and the philosophical questions like what is thinking, and can a machine think? Looking at the first week only might lead someone to come to the conclusion that this is a humanities stream course; but hopefully weeks 2 and 3 will dispel this notion and place it firmly as a computer science course.
AI has many facets to it - the ability to solve problems; the ability to represent our world and reason with the representations; the capacity of memory and learning from experience; the ability to use language; the ability to peer into the future using models of the domain and plan ahead; the ability to handle uncertainty; the ability to learn from data (machine learning); and many others.
In this course we focus on problem solving by first principles. How does one model the domain and the choices available, represent the problem, and find a solution. The principal method is trial and error; or search. We "mentally" explore the possibilities and choose the best looking one. Like a beginning chess player. A chess grand-master has other bows in her repertoire, like recognizing patterns and using knowledge. We will look at games like chess in the course, but only on how to play them using heuristic search.
In two other courses I offer on NPTEL - AI:Knowledge Representation & Reasoning and AI: Constraint Satisfaction Problems - we course some other aspects of AI. Other colleagues offer still other aspects like machine learning and natural language processing.
In this offering of the course I will be assisted by two PhD students from IIT Madras - Devi G. and Shikha Singh. Between the three of us we should be able to respond to your queries, and have an active discussion on the Forum. I hope that the next twelve weeks or so will be a productive and enjoyable experience for all of us.
Welcome the the course AI: Search Methods for Problem Solving!
Deepak Khemani
Welcome to the NPTEL Online certification course - Artificial Intelligence: Search Methods
- The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.
- The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact, the course instructor/TA will respond to your queries- Forum is divided into categories like admin, week 1, week 2,..........and so on.
- If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc can be posted under the admin section and queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments - please post under each week appropriately.
Course duration : 12 weeks (24 July 2017- 13 October 2017)
Dates of exams : 22 October 2017
Time of exam : Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm
Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly
