August
1997 QUESTION 5 Total Marks: 20 Marks |
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5. | (a) Define Artificial Intelligence. | [2] |
(b) Almost all Artificial Intelligence programs contain problem solving techniques. Describe the three components of a problem solving technique, and how they relate to one another. | [8] | |
(c) Describe, with examples, three ways in which knowledge can be represented in a database. | [6] | |
(d) Minimax searches make use of the static evaluation functions to decide its next move. Using the values the diagram below, decide which is the next best move after A. | ||
Discuss how you decided on the next move, specifying in detail the search step motion, the need to use a 2-ply instead of a 1-ply search, and the ultimate value which prompted you to make the decision. | [4] |