S-VYASA
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana
(Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)
School of Engineering and Technology
Version 1.0
Course Code BTAM531
Course Name Artificial Intelligence
Credit Lecture:3
Structure Tutorial:0
Practical:0
Credits:3
Programme BTCS,BTAM,BTCY,BTIT,BTSE,BTDS
Course PC
Category
Course Pre- Data Structures and Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics,
requisites Linear Algebra and Probability concepts.
Employability: Develops AI problem-solving and
intelligent system design skills for roles such as AI
Developer, Data Scientist, and Machine Learning
Engineer.
Focus Area Skill Development: Develops analytical thinking,
problem-solving, programming skills, and foundations in
probabilistic modeling, search, language processing,
and perception systems.
Entrepreneurship: NA
Value added or Life skills: NA
Course
Objectives 1. Understand the fundamental principles of
Artificial Intelligence and the design of
intelligent agents for problem-solving.
2. Apply search, adversarial, planning, knowledge
representation, and reasoning techniques to
develop AI-based solutions.
3. Formulate real-world problems into computational
models and implement appropriate AI methodologies,
including NLP and perception, to build practical
intelligent systems.
Course This course introduces fundamental concepts of
Description Artificial Intelligence, including intelligent agents,
search techniques, reasoning, and applications such as
natural language processing and perception.
Topics Artificial Intelligence fundamentals, Intelligent
Include
S-VYASA
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana
(Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)
School of Engineering and Technology
Agents, Environment Types, AI Applications, Search
Strategies, Adversarial Search, Planning Algorithms
Knowledge Representation, Propositional Logic, First-
Order Logic, Probabilistic Reasoning, Bayesian
Networks, Natural Language Processing, Information
Retrieval, Perception.
Course Upon Completion of this course, students will be able
Outcome(s) to:
CO1:Summarize the principles of Artificial
Intelligence, intelligent agents, environment types, AI
categories, and their real-world applications.
(Understand)
CO2:Execute uninformed, informed, and local search
strategies to formulate and solve AI problems
efficiently. (Apply)
CO3:Construct solutions using adversarial search
techniques and planning algorithms for deterministic
and non-deterministic problem domains. (Apply)
CO4:Demonstrate knowledge representation using
propositional and first-order logic and perform
reasoning with probabilistic models, including Bayesian
networks. (Apply)
CO5:Apply natural language processing, information
retrieval, and perception techniques to design AI-based
solutions for real-world applications. (Apply)
Syllabus:
Unit Title Hours
1 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 9
and Intelligent Agents
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence – Foundations and history of
AI – Applications of AI – The concept of intelligent agents –
Rationality and performance measures – PEAS description of task
environments – Properties of environments (observable,
deterministic, episodic, static, discrete, multi-agent) – Structure
of intelligent agents – Types of agents: Simple reflex, Model-based,
Goal-based, Utility-based agents – Problem formulation and state-
space representation.
Unit Title Hours
2 Problem Solving and Search Techniques 9
Problem-solving agents – Well-defined problems and solution
formulation – State space search – Uninformed search strategies:
Breadth-First Search, Depth-First Search, Uniform Cost Search,
S-VYASA
Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana
(Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)
School of Engineering and Technology
Depth-Limited Search, Iterative Deepening Search – Informed search
strategies: Greedy Best-First Search, A* Search – Heuristic
functions and their properties (admissibility and consistency) –
Local search algorithms: Hill Climbing, Simulated Annealing, Genetic
Algorithms – Evaluation of search strategies and performance
measures.
Unit Title Hours
3 Adversarial Search and Planning 9
Adversarial search and game playing – Two-player zero-sum games –
Game trees and optimal decisions – Minimax algorithm – Alpha–Beta
pruning – Evaluation functions – Games with chance and imperfect
information – Introduction to planning – Classical planning problems
– Planning with state-space search – STRIPS representation –
Planning graphs and Graph Plan – Deterministic and non-deterministic
planning – Conditional planning and execution monitoring.
Unit Title Hours
4 Knowledge Representation and 9
Probabilistic Reasoning
Knowledge-based agents – Knowledge representation and reasoning –
Propositional logic: syntax, semantics, inference rules, resolution
– First-Order Logic: syntax, semantics, quantifiers, unification,
inference – Forward and backward chaining – Handling uncertainty –
Probability theory basics – Bayesian inference – Bayesian Networks:
representation, conditional independence, inference – Decision-
making under uncertainty.
Unit Title Hours
5 Natural Language Processing, Information 9
Retrieval and Perception
Natural Language Processing – Language models and n-grams – Text
classification and sentiment analysis – Information Retrieval –
Vector space model – Term frequency–inverse document frequency (TF-
IDF) – Basic concepts of machine learning in NLP – Perception in
intelligent systems – Image formation and feature extraction –
Introduction to computer vision – Speech recognition basics –
Applications of NLP, IR, and perception in real-world AI systems.
Learning Textbooks:
Resources
1. S. Russell and P. Norvig, Artificial Intelligence: A
Modern Approach, 4th ed. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Pearson,
2021.
Reference Books:
1. D. L. Poole and A. K. Mackworth, Artificial
Intelligence: Foundations of Computational Agents,
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Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana
(Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act, 1956)
School of Engineering and Technology
3rd ed. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press,
2023.
2. E. Rich, K. Knight, and S. B. Nair, Artificial
Intelligence, 3rd ed. New Delhi, India: McGraw Hill
Education, 2009.
3. C.M. Bishop, Pattern Recognition and Machine
Learning. New York, NY, USA: Springer, 2006.
Online Resources:
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT
OpenCourseWare), 6.034: Artificial Intelligence.
[Online]. Available: [Link]
2. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), 15-281:
Artificial Intelligence. [Online]. Available:
[Link]
3. Google AI, Machine Learning and AI Learning
Resources. [Online]. Available: [Link]
4. IBM SkillsBuild, Artificial Intelligence
Fundamentals. [Online]. Available:
[Link]
5. Microsoft Learn, AI Fundamentals Learning Path.
[Online]. Available: [Link]