CSCI395 Artificial Intelligence Take Home Final

CSCI395 Artificial Intelligence, Spring 2001

Final Exam - Take Home

This exam must be typed up and handed in IN PERSON at one of the following drop off times. If you are unable to make any of the listed times, you MUST arrange an alternate time to meet with me. No exams will be accepted after May 3rd.

Tuesday May 1: 5:30-6pm Basil Lobby (outside the Secretary's Office)
Wednesday May 2: 3-4pm in my office
Thursday May 3: 5-6pm in my office

This exam is NOT a group project. If I suspect any cheating, copying or "helping", all involved parties will receive a zero on the exam.

1) The following table of data gives information on whether patients were sent home from the hospital the day after an operation. Using two of the “learning” methods discussed in class (Version Space, Decision Tree, single-perceptron Neural Net), try to determine if a simple rule or method can be learned for deciding which patients to send home in the future. Show all work and explain any problems with the methods. (30 pts)

Patient	Major Operation?	Family at Home?	Old?	Sent Home?
1	Yes	No	No	No
2	Yes	No	Yes	No
3	No	No	No	Yes
4	No	No	Yes	No
5	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

2) What is Artificial Intelligence? Answer this question in your own words with a well thought-out set of arguments. Use real world AI project to support your arguments. Include discussion on each of the following sub-topics (at least 1 well-formed paragraph on each) along with any additional topics you feel should be included. (65 pts)

Machine Learning - how does this aid the development of AI? Provide specific examples
Robotics - by your definition, should this be included as a member of the realm of AI development? Why or why not?
AI Development - would more advances be made if focus was placed on having AI mimic human intelligence, or if it went in its own direction?
Where/How can Expert Systems aid society?
What are Genetic Algorithms - how are they used in AI?
What languages are used in AI programming? Why are these languages chosen over others?
In your opinion, what does the future of AI hold?

3) Briefly describe one thing you learned in this class that you think will be helpful to you in your career or life, whether it was related to computer science or not. (5 pts)