The textbook is:
The final exam for the course will take place on Thursday, December 10, 1998, at 9am in the classroom (Sumwalt 240). This is the regularly scheduled time for courses taught from 9:30 to 10:45 on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
A course outline follows. The Sections of the text listed under the ``lecture'' headings should be read before the corresponding class.
| Week Begins | Topic | Lecture #1 | Lecture #2 | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 | Introduction | None | Introduction | None |
| August 24 | Causal and Bayesian Nets | Ch. 2 | Ch. 2 | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 |
| August 31 | Causal and Bayesian Nets (Ctd.) | Ch. 2 | Ch. 2 | 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9 |
| September 7 | Building Models | Ch. 3 | Ch. 3 | 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 |
| September 14 | Building Models (Ctd.) | Ch. 3 | Ch. 3 | 3.8, 3.15; 3.16 for Graduate Students |
| September 21 | Building Models (Ctd.) and Test | Discussion of Ch. 3 Exercises | Test | None |
| September 28 | Propagation in Bayesian Networks | Ch. 4 | Ch. 4 | 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 4.8 |
| October 5 | Propagation in Bayesian Networks (Ctd.) | Ch. 4 | Discussion of Ch. 4 Exercises | 4.13; 4.14 for Graduate Students |
| October 12 | Fall Break and Use of Bayesian Network Models | No Class | Ch. 5 | 5.1, 5.2 |
| October 19 | Use of Bayesian Network Models (Ctd.) | Ch. 5 | Ch. 5 | 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 |
| October 26 | Use of Bayesian Network Models (Ctd.) | Ch. 5 | Discussion of Ch. 5 Exercises | 5.9, 5.11, 5.13, 5.14 |
| November 2 | Election Day and Actions | No Class | Ch. 6 | 6.1(a) |
| November 9 | Actions | Ch. 6 | Ch. 6 | 6.1(b), 6.2, 6.3, 6.6 |
| November 16 | Actions | Ch. 6 | Discusion of Ch. 6 Exercises | TBD |
| November 23 | Presentations and Thanksgiving | Graduate Student Presentations | No Class | TBD |
| November 30 | Presentations | Graduate Student Presentations | Open | TBD |