CS 101: AI/Search Videos
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The video below is from several years ago, so the textbook references will be off by about 20 pages. I wanted to revise it to improve the color and make it shorter, but unfortunately I ran out of time. You way want to watch portions of the video at 2x speed.

Video Lecture (required)

This week's video focuses on Section 11.3 of the textbook. I first explain two advanced data structures for modeling states in a production system: graphs and trees. Algorithms based on breadth-first search and depth-first search make it possible to navigate the problem space and determine what decisions to make.

Questions & Exercises

Some of these questions will be on the next quiz. Remember the answers are in the back of the book.

Additional Clips (recommended)

Artificial intelligence researchers have not only discovered fascinating algorithms and heuristics, they have also developed a number of useless machines. They make the perfect gift for someone who has everything!