INF2D: 2: Problem Solving and Search

2: Problem Solving and Search

Slides

Contents

  1. A characterization of problem-solving agents and some examples of such intelligent agents.
  2. How we formulate problems and why abstraction is important for problem solving.
  3. A general tree search algorithm – the first step towards searching strategies.

Required Reading

R&N Sections 3.1-3.3 or NIE Chapter (3) "Solving Problems by Searching", Sections 1-3.
NOTE: The abbreviation R&N refers to:
“Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach” Third Edition, Russell R & Norvig P, Prentice Hall, 2010 (R&N).
The abbreviation NIE stands for the following edition of the same book:
“Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach” Third Edition, Pearson New International Edition, Russell R & Norvig P, Pearson, 2014.
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