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TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION,APRIL/MAY 2011 SIXTH SEMESTER Computer science and engineering CS 2354- ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE (Regulation 2008) Time: three hours maximum:100 marks Answer ALL questions PART A(2*10=20 marks) 1. List down the characteristics of intelligent agent. 2. what do you mean by local maxima with respect to search technique? 3. what factors determine the selection of forward and backward reasoning approach for an AI Problem? 4. what are the limitations in using propositional logic to represent the knowledge base? 5. define partial order planner 6. what are the difference and similarities between problem solving and planning 7. list down two application of temporal probabilistic models 8. define dempster-shafer theory 9. explain the concept of learning from example. 10. how statistical learning method differs from reinforcement learning method? PART B(5*16=80 marks) 11. (a) explain in detail on the characteristics and applications of learning agents or (b) explain AO* algorithm with an example 12. (a) Explain unification algorithm used for reasoning under predicate logic with an example. or (b) describe in detail the steps involved in the knowledge Engineering process 13. (a) Explain the concept of planning with state space search using suitable examples. or (b) Explain the use of planning graphs in providing better heuristic estimates with suitable examples. 14. (a) Explain the method of handling approximate inference in Bayesian Networks. or (b) Explain the use of Hidden Morkov Models in Speech Recognition 15. (a) Explain the concept of learning using decision trees and neural network approach. or (b) write short on:

(i) Statistical learning(8) (ii) Explanation based learning(8)