Week 11:
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Topic: Classical Planning

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Objectives:

• Describe Classical Planning
• Write a research paper on artificial intelligence for an academic journal

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1. Complete your Research Project.
   
   
2. Watch the following Case Study again:
   • The Story of A* and STRIPS by Nils Nilsson (6 min 22 sec).
   
   Reference: Coursera's Artificial Intelligence Planning by Gerhard Wickler and Austin Tate
   
   
3. Complete the "8. Planning", "9. Planning under Uncertainty", "12. MDP Review", and (Optional) "15. Advanced Planning" units in the Introduction to Artificial Intelligence course from Udacity:
   1. Sign In to Udacity
   2. Select Introduction to Artificial Intelligence from the Course Catalog
   3. Press the "Take the Class" button
   4. (Required) Watch the videos and take the quizzes in the "8. Planning" unit.
   5. (Required) Watch the videos and take the quizzes in the "9. Planning under Uncertainty" unit.
   6. (Required) Watch the videos and take the quizzes in the "12. MDP Review" unit.
   7. (Optional) Watch the videos and take the quizzes in the "15. Advanced Planning" unit.
   
   Alternatively, download the following ZIP files containing Flash Video files:
   • (Required) 8. Planning
   • (Required) 9. Planning under Uncertainty
   • (Required) 12. MDP Review
   • (Optional) 15. Advanced Planning
   
   
4. Read the following pages from Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, Third Edition (cited as AIMA):
   • Required: 40 Pages
     

     Order	Topic	Book	Section	Page Numbers	Pages	Presentations
     1.	Classical Planning	AIMA	Chapter 10:	Page 366-393	(28 Pages)
     2.	Sequential Decision Problems	AIMA	Section 17.1:	Page 645-651	(7 Pages)	Complex Decisions
     3.	Value Iteration	AIMA	Section 17.2:	Page 652-656	(5 Pages)	Complex Decisions

     
     
   • Optional: 43 Pages
     

     Order	Topic	Book	Section	Page Numbers	Pages	Presentations
     1.	Policy Iteration	AIMA	Section 17.3:	Page 656-658	(3 Pages)	Complex Decisions
     2.	Partially Obervable MDPs	AIMA	Section 17.4:	Page 658-666	(9 Pages)	Complex Decisions
     3.	Planning and Acting in the Real World	AIMA	Chapter 11:	Page 401-431	(31 Pages)

     
     
   Reference: University of California, Berkeley's CS 188: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Fall 2005) by Stuart Russell
   Reference: Stanford University's CS221: Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques (Autumn 2012-2013) by Percy Liang
   
   
5. Do Assignment 09.
   
   
6. For Future Study: Planning Algorithms by Steven M. LaValle