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A client-server computational tool for integrated artificial intelligence curriculum

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THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT is to increase students’ interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI), as well as to promote learning of the topics that comprise the subject. We describe the development of a Web-based multimedia delivery method to accomplish this goal. The highlight of the course material is an integrated simulation environment that allows students to develop and test AI algorithms in a dynamic, uncertain, visual environment.

In this paper we describe the multimedia approach to teaching AI classes that we have developed and introduce the associated the simulation tool. We present a series of homework assignments and projects that make use of the tool and evaluate the effect of the simulation environment on students’ interest level and confidence in the class material.

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  1. Lawrence B. Holder & Diane J. Cook

    Present address: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 76019-0015, Arlington, TX

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    ABOUT THE AUTHORS

    Lawrence Holder is an Associate Professor and Associate Chairman in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington. His research interests include artificial intelligence and machine learning. Dr. Holder received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1988 and 1991. He received his B.S. degree in Computer Engineering also from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1986. His current home page address is http://www-cse.uta.edu/~holder.

    Diane Cook is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her research interests include artificial intelligence, machine planning, machine learning, robotics, and parallel algorithms for artificial intelligence. Dr. Cook received her B.S. from Wheaton College in 1985, and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1987 and 1990, respectively. Descriptions of her research projects and publications can be found at http://www-cse.uta.edu/~cook.

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    Holder, L.B., Cook, D.J. A client-server computational tool for integrated artificial intelligence curriculum. J. Comput. High. Educ. 12, 52–69 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02940956

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