Module Database Search
| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Intelligent Web Technologies | |||
| Reference | CM4007 | Version | 8 |
| Created | October 2017 | SCQF Level | SCQF 10 |
| Approved | April 2005 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | October 2017 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To introduce the student to the fundamental roles as well as the practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence and advanced Information Technology on the next generation of Web-based products, systems, services, and activities. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
|---|---|
| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Discuss the key concepts of current and intelligent technologies for information search and retrieval applications. |
| 2 | Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of Web-based information systems. |
| 3 | Select and apply appropriate intelligent agent technologies. |
| 4 | Analyse and discuss an intelligent agent scenario. |
| 5 | Design and/or implement intelligent web-based systems. |
| Indicative Module Content |
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| Information collection: crawling and document preprocessing. Information retrieval:indexing and retrieval. Agents, multi-agent systems, intelligent agents, agent architecture, group decisions, forming coalitions, agent communication. |
| Module Delivery |
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| Lectures are used to deliver the main principles and techniques underlying intelligent web-based systems development. Computing laboratories will be used to examine case studies which reinforce the material covered in the lectures and to design and implement prototype intelligent web-based systems. The understanding of the student is further enhanced through directed reading. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 44 | 44 |
| Non-Contact Hours | 106 | 106 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 150 | 150 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
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| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Examination | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 3, 4 |
| Description: | This is a closed book examination. | ||||
| Component 2 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 50% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 5 |
| Description: | Coursework. | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | ||||||||
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| Explanatory Text | ||||||||
| The calculation of the overall grade for this module is based on equal weighting of C1 and C2 components. | ||||||||
| Examination: | ||||||||
| Coursework: | A | B | C | D | E | F | NS | |
| A | A | A | B | B | C | E | ||
| B | A | B | B | C | C | E | ||
| C | B | B | C | C | D | E | ||
| D | B | C | C | D | D | E | ||
| E | C | C | D | D | E | E | ||
| F | E | E | E | E | E | F | ||
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination | |||||||
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | CM2015 Object-oriented Software Design or equivalent. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | GOKER,A. and DAVIES J., 2009. Searching in the 21st Century. Wiley. ISBN: 978-0-470-02762-2, |
| 2 | WOOLDRIDGE,M.,2009. An Introduction to Multi-Agent Systems. 2nd Ed. Wiley. |
| 3 | RUSSEL, S. and NORVIG, R., 2010. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 3rd Ed., Prentice Hall |
| 4 | WEISS, G., 2013. Multiagent Systems (Intelligent Robotics & Autonomous Agents Series), MIT Press |
| 5 | GOELFORD,M.,KAHL, Y.2014 Knowledge Representation, reasoning and the design of Intelligent Agents: The Answer-Set Programming Approach, Cambridge University Press. |
| 6 | WEISS, G (ed), 2013 Multiagent Systems (2nd Ed) MIT Press ISBN 970-0-262-01889-0 |