The focus of this course will be:
"How should one choose sequences of actions?"

Critical ingredients:

• How do we perceive/recognize situations?
• How do we learn the consequences of our actions?
• How do we choose actions?
• How do we choose actions over time?

We will cover:

• Background (Chs. 1, 2, 26, & 27), do on your own.
• Perception/Recognition (Ch. 24)
• Learning To Recognize (Chs. 18 & 19)
• Search (Chs. 3, 4, & 5)
• Planning (Chs. 11, 12, & 13)
• Deciding (Chs, 16 & 17)
• Handling Uncertainty (Chs. 14 & 15)
• Learning To Act
• Learning To Act Over Time
• Automating Expertise (Expert Systems) (Ch. 8)
• Logic (Chs. 6, 7, 9, & 10)
• Natural Language.