Introducing artificial intelligence into a high school's computer curriculum.

From: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) | Date: March 1, 1993| Author: Dillon, Richard W. | Copyright information

Artificial intelligence instruction can be an important element of a high school computer education curriculum. A four-part curricular model begins with definitions of artificial intelligence and its relation to fifth-generation programming languages, how it can aid in the development of applications and the solving of problems in business and industry. It then moves to a consideration of the role of expert systems, a specialized type of software that enables the computer to imitate human rea...

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