Tag Archives: AI

Open University needs to revise the examination format.

Posted on May 6, 2011 by inksmithy

I have no idea how I went with that exam. I came out feeling reasonably confident, but thats what happened the first time I did it, so I’m reserving my opinion. I did however see the benefit of the way … Continue reading →

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Exam Today

Posted on May 3, 2011 by inksmithy

I’m not confident. That may be a good thing, going in cocky did me no good last time. I dont think I’ve done enough study, I KNOW I haven’t done enough maths, but it’s too late to stress about it … Continue reading →

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Emulating a Nerve – 6 Days left

Posted on April 26, 2011 by inksmithy

In essence, an Artificial Neural Network is a very simple thing. To look at a neural network from the perspective of its most basic component, a nerve is nothing more than a decision engine, which either produces a “No” (no … Continue reading →

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Understanding the minimax algorithm. – 14 days to go

Posted on April 18, 2011 by inksmithy

The minimax algorithm is a search heuristic which originally aroose from game theory. It works on the basis of a multiplayer game where each of the players is looking to minimise  the opponents best possible outcome, while maximising his own … Continue reading →

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Informed versus Uninformed – 19 days go

Posted on April 13, 2011 by inksmithy

  The study goals this entry is answering are as follows: 2.1 – understand the role of search in Symbolic AI; 2.2 – employ the terminology related to search techniques; 2.3 – describe how various uninformed and informed search algorithms … Continue reading →

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