Master of Business Administration

This document provides information on an Artificial Intelligence course for an MBA program. The course aims to convey the benefits of AI and study its underlying principles through hands-on exercises. The course objectives include understanding the basics of AI, evaluating key concepts and their application to decision support systems, and analyzing AI's disruptive potential on business. The course will apply principles of AI to decision making, use workshops and case discussions, and students will be evaluated through class performance, quizzes, a project, and a term-end exam.

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SVKM’s

NARSEE MONJEE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Program: MBA Trimester: V

Course: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Teaching Scheme Teaching Scheme
Classroom Practical/ Tutorials Credit Continuous Term End Examination
Session Group work Evaluation (TEE)
20 3 60% 40%
Course Rationale:
The overarching purpose of this course is to convey the benefits of AI and study some underlying
principles behind it with hands on exercises

Course Objectives:
1. Understand the basics of Artificial Intelligence and why it is important in modern society
2. Create a Framework for Artificial Intelligence from a number of Success Stories
3. Brief introduction to machine learning & reinforcement learning
4. Evaluate the Genesis & Concepts of Artificial Intelligence and their linkage to Technology-oriented
Decision Support Systems. The course will also enable the participants to understand the various elements
of an effective AI System.
5. Analyze the disruptive potential of AI technology on business, as well as learn through case examples
how AI needs to protect and enable Human Values.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Apply AI to Decision Support Systems;
2. Understand the role of AI in developing and driving a Humane Approach to link Business Process
with Humans;
3. Remember how business value is generated through an effective Application of AI

Prerequisite(s):
Probability, Programming, Mathematics

Pedagogy:
Workshop mode with hands on learning

Textbook:
Artificial Intelligence – A Modern Approach, 3e, Stuart Russell, Peter Norvig, Pearson, 2009

Reference Books:
Case Discussions will form part of Units 2, 3 & 5 (6 sessions)

Links to websites:
GARTNER has predicted that AI will take over several Analytical Systems hitherto used for Management
Decision Support.

Evaluation Scheme:
 Class Performance 20%
 Quiz 20%
 Project 20%
 Term-End Exam 40%
Total 100%
Session Plan:
Session Topic Learning Outcomes Pedagogical Textbook Chapters
(including subtopics) Tool1 & Readings
1 Artificial Examples of AI. Class Discussions General Introduction with
Intelligence & Difference Customized Study
Humans – Rational between human Materials
Thinking Intelligence & AI
2 Intelligent Agents & Understanding the Class Discussions Text Book
Logical Agents principle of agent Chapter 2
and their
cooperation modes
3 Inference, Planning Applying the Class Discussions Text Book
& Probabilistic principles of Chapter 14
Reasoning Probability to AI
4 Markov Decision Probability & Class Discussions Text Book
Process Markov Chapter 15
5-6 Learning from Reinforcement Class Discussions & Text Book
Examples & learning principles Hands On Chapter 21
Reinforcement with hands-on
Learning (with examples using
examples in Python) Python
7-8 Cognitive Science – Different areas of Class Discussions Text Book
Branches, AI Chapter 1
Approaches,
Foundations &
Areas of Artificial
Intelligence
9-10 Visual Attention- Search Trees and Class Discussions Text Book
based AI, Modelling applications Chapter 3
of “ Brain “
Functions, Semantic
Networks, Search
Trees
11 Introduction to Image Recognition Class Discussions Customized Study
Image Recognition principles Materials

12 Brief Introduction Principles of Class Discussions Text Book

to Robotics, Robotics Chapter 4
Application of AI to
Appliances,
Medication &
Diagnostics
13-14 Turing Test, how AI Using MDS maps Class Discussions Customized Study
works in solving for segmentation Materials
Complex Problems and positioning
decisions

15 Introduction to NLP principles Class Discussions Customized Study

Principles of NLP Materials
16 Natural Language Developing a Class Discussions Customized Study
Hands On (with Chat-bot hands on Materials
example in Python
and Open
Chatterbox
framework)
17 Making Simple Expert Systems Class Discussions & Text Book
1
Decisions: Brief Hands On Chapter 16
Introduction to
Expert Systems &
Hand-On Exsys
18 Making Complex Application of Class Discussions Text Book
Decisions: Game Game Theory to Chapter 17
Theory Principles real-life problems

19-20 Project
Presentations