UB - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Computer Science and Engineering

CSE 463: Knowledge Representation

Knowledge Representation

Introduces the field of knowledge representation and reasoning, the branch of artificial intelligence concerned with the techniques for representing and reasoning about the information to be used by an AI program. Topics typically include: the knowledge-representation hypothesis; propositional and first-order logic; model finding; resolution; syntactic proof theory; direct and refutation methods; relevance logic; truth maintenance and belief revision; commonsense reasoning; ontologies. Other topics that may be included as time permits are: modal logics; non-monotonic, defeasible, and default logics; logics of knowledge and belief; frames; description logics; vague and uncertain beliefs; logics of actions and time.

CSE 305 or permission of instructor CSE 305

Course Instances
Semester Section Title Instructor Credit Hours Enrolled
Fall 2010 LR Knowledge Representation Dr. Stuart C. Shapiro 4 37/50
Fall 2009 LR Knowledge Representation Dr. Stuart C. Shapiro 4 31/31
Spring 2009 LR Knowledge Representation Dr. Stuart C. Shapiro 4 17/19
Spring 2008 LR Knowledge Representation Dr. Stuart C. Shapiro 4 17/30
Spring 2007 LR Knowledge Representation Dr. Stuart C. Shapiro 4 8/18
Spring 2006 LR Knowledge Representation Dr. Stuart C. Shapiro 4 18/18
Spring 2005 LR Knowledge Representation Dr. William J. Rapaport 4 14/18
Spring 2004 LR Knowledge Representation Dr. Stuart C. Shapiro 4 12/22
Spring 2003 LR Knowledge Representation Dr. William J. Rapaport 4 15/17
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