CISC 489  -   Artificial Intelligence in Games  -  Fall 2018

Instructor: Daniel Chester	TA: Debarati Roy Chowdhury
Office: 101G Smith Hall	Office: 203 Smith Hall
Hours: Tu/F 3:30 pm-4:30 pm and by appt.	Hours: Mondays 10:00 AM to noon
Phone: 831-1955	Phone: none
Email: User: chester Domain: udel.edu	Email: User: droyc Domain: udel.edu

Textbook

While the software associated with this textbook was originally written in C++, we will use a version that is written in Java. The code can be downloaded from sallyx In the chapters section, download "All chapters". You will need NetBeans to run this code. It can be downloaded for free from netbeans.org. The original C++ code is available, but you need an old version of Visual Studio to make it work.

Course Description

Topics (tentative, not necessarily in the order to be covered)

• Intrduction


• Chapter 1: A Math and Physics Primer


• Chapter 2: State-Driven Agent Design


• Chapter 3: Autonomously Moving Game Agents


• Chapter 4: Sport Simulation--Simple Soccer


• Chapter 5: The Secret Life of Graphs


• Chapter 6: To Script or not to Script


• Chapter 7: Raven


• Chapter 8: Practical Path Finding


• Chapter 9: Goal-Driven Agent Behavior


• Chapter 10: Fuzzy Logic

Grading

• homework assignments (mostly implementing, testing, reporting results) 48%


• midterm (Friday, October 12) 24%


• final exam (Monday, December 10, 1:00 pm, 209 SMI) 24%

The numerical scores will be combined, not the letter grades. Since the assignments and exams are not standardized, your course grade will depend not only on the weighted score you receive, but also on how your score compares with the score distribution for the whole class.

Policies

• All assignments are due by midnight ending the due date. Combine all files, if more than one, into one tar file or one zip file and email it to the TA.
• Homework will be accepted at the following class period after the due date, but the score will be reduced by 10 percent of the maximum possible score. The homework will not be accepted more than one week after the due date except in extreme and verifiable circumstances.
• All work on assignments must be your own. Do not collaborate with other students or copy their work. Do not copy from a book or other source unless I say otherwise. You may consult with each other about conceptual problems, but see the TA or me for help with details or debugging.

  If you get text or code from any source, including webpages on the Internet, books or other students, and present it as if it were your own, that is plagiarism. If the TA or I discover that you have plagiarized, I am obligated to report the incident to University authorities above the CIS Department. You must acknowledge and document such borrowings if you do use them. If they significantly reduce the amount of work you have to do for an assignment, you will lose points [this part of the policy may change; I will tell you if it does]; the grade you get is for your work, not somebody else's.

• If you can't come to scheduled office hours, please send me email; I'll be happy to schedule a meeting at some other mutually-agreed-upon time.

Assignments

Resources