Project 2 - Spreading Activation

Program Source - 50 points

• Semantic Network representation - 10 points
• Spreading Activation Algorithm - 20 points
• Succesful activation algorithm - 10 points
• Decay, looping, initial activation - 10 points
  
• Reading input files, output format - 10 points
• Success on Flashlight.in test - 10 points

Program Style - 10 points

• Commenting - 3 points
• Functional Organization - 3 points
• Clarity of Code -  4 points

Program Quality - 10 points

• Architecture of Code - 5 points
• Ease of use (instructions, running) - 5 points

Extra Test files - 10 points

• First test file - 3 pts
• Correct ouputs on test file - 2 pts
• Second test file - 3 pts
• Correct output on test file - 2 pts

Project Writeup - 20 Points

• How quickly do activation levels decay - 5 points
• How much acitvation should spread from a node to a related node? - 5 pts
• How far should activation spread?  how many nodes?  Decay?  - 5 pts
• Advantages and Disadvantages of your schema - 5 pts

Extra Credit Points