1st SIT COURSEWORK 1 : Autumn Semester 2019

Module Code: CU6051NA

Module Title: Artificial Intelligence

Module Leader: Sukrit Shakya (Islington College)

Coursework Type: Individual

Coursework Weight: This coursework accounts for 20% of your total module
grades.

Submission Date: Week 11

When Coursework is Week 6

given out:

Submission Submit the following to Islington College RTE department

Instructions: before the due date:

 Report in PDF format

Warning: London Metropolitan University and Islington College

takes Plagiarism seriously. Offenders will be dealt with
sternly.

© London Metropolitan University

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 Plagiarism Notice

You are reminded that there exist regulations concerning plagiarism.

Extracts from University Regulations on Cheating, Plagiarism and Collusion

Section 2.3: “The following broad types of offence can be identified and are provided as
indicative examples …..
(i) Cheating: including copying coursework.
(ii) Falsifying data in experimental results.
(iii) Personation, where a substitute takes an examination or test on behalf of the
candidate. Both candidate and substitute may be guilty of an offence under
these Regulations.
(iv) Bribery or attempted bribery of a person thought to have some influence on the
candidate’s assessment.
(v) Collusion to present joint work as the work solely of one individual.
(vi) Plagiarism, where the work or ideas of another are presented as the candidate’s
own.
(vii) Other conduct calculated to secure an advantage on assessment.
(viii) Assisting in any of the above.

Some notes on what this means for students:

(i) Copying another student's work is an offence, whether from a copy on paper or
from a computer file, and in whatever form the intellectual property being copied
takes, including text, mathematical notation and computer programs.
(ii) Taking extracts from published sources without attribution is an offence. To
quote ideas, sometimes using extracts, is generally to be encouraged. Quoting
ideas is achieved by stating an author's argument and attributing it, perhaps by
quoting, immediately in the text, his or her name and year of publication, e.g. " e
= mc2 (Einstein 1905)". A reference section at the end of your work should then
list all such references in alphabetical order of authors' surnames. (There are
variations on this referencing system which your tutors may prefer you to use.) If
you wish to quote a paragraph or so from published work then indent the
quotation on both left and right margins, using an italic font where practicable,
and introduce the quotation with an attribution.

Further information in relation to the existing London Metropolitan University regulations

concerning plagiarism can be obtained from http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/academic-
regulations

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Coursework 1

Coursework 1 is a research work that students need to carry out on the following or
similar AI Topics:
 Problem solving and Heuristic Search
 Adversarial search and games
 Natural Language Processing
 Machine Learning
 Knowledge Representation

The students are free to choose any AI problem/topic of their choice but are required to
get the approval from the module leader. The students are required to study and do
research on the chosen topic and develop a conceptual solution for the chosen
problem. Students are also required to describe the solution using necessary diagrams
and pseudocode.

Submission needs to include:

 Report with the following inclusion:
o Introduction
 Explanation of the topic/AI concepts used
 Explanation/introduction of the chosen problem domain/topic
o Background
 Research work done on the chosen topic/problem domain
 Review and analysis of existing work in the problem domain (may
include existing projects/research work already done in the problem
domain)
o Solution (proposed solution to the chosen problem)
 Explanation of the proposed solution/approach to solving the
problem
 Explanation of the AI algorithm/algorithms used
 Pseudocode of the solution
 Diagrammatical representations of the solution (flowcharts/state
transition diagrams)
o Conclusion
 Analysis of the work done
 How the solution addresses real world problems
 Further work

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 Artificial Intelligence: CW1: Marking Scheme

University Grading Scheme for Undergraduate Programmes: 2019/20

Marking criteria Letter grade Mark
recorded
C1 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The introduction explains the topic perfectly and the A+ 95
problem domain has been discussed very clearly. An
exceptional level of understanding of the topic
material has been shown.
2. Exceptional research work has been done with
proper explanations using proper sources and
referencing. An exceptional level of understanding
has been shown.
3. The proposed solution has been described perfectly
using necessary diagrams and clear pseudocode. An
exceptional level of understanding of the solution is
displayed.
4. The report is well-structured, written in good
English, free from spelling and grammatical errors
and is written in a professional style of a technical
article and presented at a high standard.
C2 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The introduction explains the topic at an A 85
outstanding level and the problem domain has been
discussed very clearly. An outstanding level of
understanding of the topic material has been
shown.
2. Outstanding research work has been done with
proper explanations using proper sources and
referencing. An outstanding level of understanding
has been shown.
3. The proposed solution has been described perfectly
using necessary diagrams and clear pseudocode. An
outstanding level of understanding of the solution is
displayed.
4. The report is well structured, written well, and free
from spelling and grammatical errors and is written
at a very good quality standard.
C3 – Work Showing Evidence:

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 1. The introduction explains the topic at an excellent A- 75
level and the problem domain has been discussed
clearly. An excellent level of understanding of the
topic material has been shown.
2. Excellent research work has been done with proper
explanations using proper sources and referencing.
An excellent level of understanding has been shown.
3. The proposed solution has been described perfectly
using necessary diagrams and clear pseudocode. An
excellent level of understanding of the solution is
displayed.
4. The report has a good structure, written well, free
from spelling and grammatical errors and is at a
good quality standard.
C4 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The introduction explains the topic at a very good B+ 67
level and the problem domain has been discussed
well. A very good level of understanding of the topic
material has been shown.
2. Very good research work has been done with
suitable explanations using proper sources and
referencing. A very good level of understanding has
been shown.
3. The proposed solution has been described well
using necessary diagrams and clear pseudocode. A
very good level of understanding of the solution is
displayed.
4. The report is a structured one, written reasonably
well but may contain only minor typos and
grammatical errors but on the whole is a good
report.
C5 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The introduction explains the topic at a good level B 63
and the problem domain has been discussed fairly
well. A good level of understanding of the topic
material has been shown.
2. Good research work has been done with suitable
explanations using proper sources and referencing.
A good level of understanding has been shown.
3. The proposed solution has been described well
using necessary diagrams and clear pseudocode. A
good level of understanding of the solution is

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4. The report is written well but may contain some
spelling and grammatical mistakes but on the whole
is a reasonable report.
C6 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The introduction explains the topic at a reasonable C+ 57
level and the problem domain has been discussed
fairly well. A reasonable level of understanding of
the topic material has been shown.
2. Research work has been done at a reasonable level
with suitable explanations using proper sources and
referencing. A reasonable level of understanding
has been shown.
3. The proposed solution has been described fairly well
using necessary diagrams and pseudocode. A
reasonable level of understanding of the solution is
displayed.
4. The report is written with a satisfactory standard
that may contain spelling and grammatical errors.
C7 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The introduction explains the topic at a satisfactory C 53
level and the problem domain has been discussed
reasonably. A satisfactory level of understanding of
the topic material has been shown.
2. Research work has been done at a reasonable level
with suitable explanations using proper sources and
referencing. A satisfactory level of understanding
has been shown.
3. The proposed solution has been described at a
satisfactory level using necessary diagrams and
pseudocode. A satisfactory level of understanding of
the solution is displayed.
4. The report is written at a satisfactory level that
contains spelling and grammatical errors.
C8 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The introduction explains the topic only at a basic D+ 47
level and the problem domain has been discussed
only at a basic minimum level. Only a basic level of
understanding of the topic material has been
shown.
2. Research work has been done at only a basic level

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 with short explanations. Only a basic level of
understanding has been shown.
3. The proposed solution has been described at only a
basic level using necessary diagrams and
pseudocode. Only a basic level of understanding of
the solution is displayed.
4. The report is written at a satisfactory level, which
may lack structure and/or contain spelling and
grammatical errors.
C9 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The introduction explains the topic at a very basic D 43
level and the problem domain has been discussed
only at a basic minimum level. A very basic level of
understanding of the topic material has been
shown.
2. Research work has been done only at a basic level
with short. A very basic level of understanding has
been shown.
3. The proposed solution has been described only at a
very basic level using diagrams and pseudocode. A
very basic level of understanding of the solution is
displayed.
4. The report lacks structure and/or contains spelling
and grammatical errors but on the whole just
reaches a minimum acceptable level.
C10 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The introduction does not explain the topic even at F1 37
a basic level and the problem domain has been
discussed very weakly. A weak level of
understanding of the topic material has been
shown.
2. Evidence of research work is poor. A weak level of
understanding has been shown.
3. The proposed solution has not been described
properly and is unclear. A poor level of
understanding of the solution is displayed.
4. The report lacks structure presented poorly and
contains spelling and grammatical errors, which on
the whole is at an unacceptable standard.
C11 – Work Showing Evidence:
1. The introduction does not explain the topic even at

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discussed very weakly. A very weak level of
understanding of the topic material has been
shown.
2. Evidence of research work is very poor. A very weak
level of understanding has been shown.
3. The proposed solution has not been described
properly and is unclear. A very poor level of
understanding of the solution is displayed.
4. The report is very poorly presented with no level of
structure and cohesion, which contains spelling, and
grammatical errors that make it considerably lower
than just an acceptable technical report expected at
this level.

Fail (non-submission or submission of work which cannot F3 0

be given any credit (e.g., blank submission, incorrect
assignment)

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