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End-Term Examination
Year 4, Semester 1 (2008)
Duration: 3 Hour
Instruction to Candidates:
This paper has 5 questions. Answer All Questions.
Total Marks 100.
This paper contains 4 pages with Cover Pager.
Question 1 (20 Marks)
a) Briefly describe Uninformed Search and Informed Search. Give 2 examples for
each type.
(6 marks)
(4 marks)
(10 marks)
2. Are the following sentences valid? Justify your answer using a truth table.
(i). [ (P Q) (Q R) ] (P R)
(ii). [ (P Q) (Q R) ] (P R)
(10 marks)
2
Question 3 (20 Marks)
ancestor(X,Z) :- parent(X,Z).
ancestor(X,Z) :- parent(X,Y), ancestor(Y,Z).
parent(alex, barbara).
parent(barbara, colin).
parent(colin, dolores).
parent(dolores, eric).
(10 marks)
(5 marks)
3
Question 5 (20 Marks)
a) Briefly describe four (04) factors that need to be considered before building an
Expert System.
(4 marks)
b) Describe the operation of a Rule Based Expert System using a suitable diagram.
(8 marks)
Organize the above knowledge in a Rule based Expert System as explained in the
above b).
What can you guess about the Clyde? Show all steps involved in the process of
inference the conclusion.
(8 marks)