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Adaptive Systems (825G5Z)

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Adaptive Systems

Module 825G5Z

Module details for 2024/25.

15 credits

FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)

Module Outline

This module, on the cross-disciplinary subject of the study of
adaptive systems, aims to provide students with an understanding of
various processes of adaptation which operate both in and upon natural
and artificial systems. To that end, in lectures and seminars we focus
on the introduction and discussion of how evolution, in biological and
artificial contexts, adapts systems to their environments or specified
tasks, and how self-adapting systems can adapt to cope with changing
environments or to acquire new skills. Lecture topics include: the
cybernetic origins of adaptive systems research, the central role of
feedback in intelligent and adaptive behaviour, ultrastable systems,
self-organised and emergent systems, autonomous and evolutionary
robotics, and the free energy principle and active inference.

TypeTimingWeighting
Coursework100.00%
Coursework components. Weighted as shown below.
ReportT1 Week 7 30.00%
ProjectT1 Week 10 70.00%
Timing

Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.

Weighting

Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.

Dr Chris Johnson

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