Attention:
- Email address for questions: kbsci-2016s AT kr.tuwien.ac.at
- The first lecture is on Wed Mar 02, 2016. The dates are provisional.
- Mandatory TISS course registration until Mar 11, 2016.
- Mandatory TUWEL entry test on Mar 18, 2016 (00:00-23:55)
Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of techniques, methods, and algorithms used in knowledge-based systems.
Skills: Ability to apply the above concepts in theoretical and practical work, and in specialized courses.
Competences: Ability to use mathematical concepts as tools for practical problems.
Didactic Procedure
- Lecture and Exercises
- Processing of exercises and projects by students
- Exercise test
The module discusses the following topics:
- RETE
- Predicate Logic (as a representation language)
- Description Logics (ALC, Basics, Tableau)
- Truth Maintenance Systems
- Answer Set Programming
- Probabilistic Reasoning
Lecturers
Lecture-Part: Uwe Egly, Thomas Eiter, and Hans Tompits
Exercise-Part: Christoph Redl, Magdalena Ortiz
Course of Action and Topics of the Lecture-Part
- Wed Mar 02: Introduction+History+Architecture (Egly)
- Wed Mar 09: Rules I (Egly)
- Wed Apr 06: Rules II (Egly)
- Wed Apr 13: PL1 + PL1 as Specification Language (Egly)
- Wed Apr 20: Description Logics I (Eiter)
- Wed Apr 27: no lecture!
- Wed May 04: Description Logics II (Eiter)
- Wed May 11: Truth Maintenance Systems (Eiter)
- Wed May 18: Answer Set Programming I (Tompits)
- Wed May 25: Answer Set Programming II (Tompits)
- Wed Jun 01: Probabilistic Reasoning (Tompits)
Exercise-Part
Mandatory registration until Mar 11, 2016.
Mandatory TUWEL entry test on Mar 18, 2016 (00:00-23:55).
Exercise test which covers 3 exercise sheets
Mandatory (closed book) exercise test on Wed June 15, 13:00-15:00, EI 2 Pichelmayer HS. Test test examines the following three exercise sheets and their background:
- Sheet 1: Rules + Predicate Logic
- Sheet 2: Description Logics + Truth Maintenance Systems
- Sheet 3: Answer Set Programming + Probabilistic Reasoning
The lecturers will present the solutions and answer questions about the exercises in dedicated lecture units (to be announced via TISS notification and in TUWEL). Moreoever, students are invided to ask questions in the tutor hours (see TUWEL).
The test is evaluated with up to 27 points, where at least 14 are needed for a positive grade.
2 Projects
Two knowledge-based systems must be implemented:
- Submission via TUWEL
- Ontology project discussion in week 21 of 2016
- Automatic grading with testcases for the ASP project
Project submission deadlines:
- Project 1: May 20, 2016
- Project 2: June 10, 2016
Important:
- Files must comply with the project specification!
- No group work!
- Exercises and projects must be worked out individually
- Finalisation of points after plagiarism check (possibility of fines and negative grades)
Used tools:
- Protege: http://protege.stanford.edu/
- DLV: http://www.dlvsystem.com/
- Potassco: http://potassco.sourceforge.net/
Exercise-Part
- Mandatory entry test is totalling 3 pts.
- The exercise test is totalling 27 pts.
- The two projects are totalling 20 pts.
Lecture-Part
- Closed book oral exam
- Total pts: 50
Total sum of points for Lecture- and Exercise-Part: 100
Zero tolerance for unfair practice (e.g., plagiarism, copied solutions, ...). All involved persons will be fined with 0 pts. (you may get a negative certificate).
Grading
Requirements for a positive certificate:
- >= 2 points for the entry test; and
- >= 14 points for the mandatory exercise test; and
- >= 10 points for both projects together; and
- >= 25 points for the final oral exam.
The course will be graded as follows:
- < 51 pts: N5 (Nicht Genügend)
- >= 51 pts: G4 (Genügend)
- >= 63 pts: B3 (Befriedigend)
- >= 75 pts: U2 (Gut)
- >= 88 pts: S1 (Sehr Gut)