CSCE 496H/896

Collaborative Topic Summary Assignment 8:

Using A Rule-Based or Case-Based System for Your Class Project

Assigned: November 4, 2008

Due: 9:30 a.m. November 13, 2008

(Assignment 5 minutes late will not be accepted)

Summary

This summary is required to have the following sections:

(a) Problem: the “problem” that you want to solve using a rule-based system or a case-based system in your class project,

(b) Motivation: why it is important to solve the “problem”,

(c) Challenges: the challenges or issues for solving the “problem”,

(d) Proposed Solution: which system that you will propose to address these challenges or issues, and justify, give rules or cases that would be useful for the system, describe how cases/rules will be developed, how to come up with certainty factors or adaptation heuristics, whether and how learning will be used, and so forth; explain why you choose one and not the other (rule-based vs. case-based) as well.

(e) Evaluation: how you will evaluate the quality of your solution.

Requirement

You are required to use the software Blackboard Wiki to carry out this collaborative writing activity. There is a limit on the number of words allowed for this assignment: 1000 words. Summaries not satisfying this requirement will not be graded. Your topic summary will be graded based on: (1) 15% Problem, (2) 10% Motivation, (3) 15% Challenges, (4) 25% Proposed Solution, (5) 15% Evaluation, (6) 10% Grammar and Errors, and (7) 10% Requirements.

Your individual assignment score will be graded based on your contributions and the quality of your contributions. There are several functions on Blackboard Wiki: editing, deleting, creating new, commenting, and so forth. All changes will be tracked. Once your overall assignment score has been given, I will then assign each group member a factor of that overall assignment score.