This lab exercise uses the wumpus world environment to explore simple reasoning tasks.
Tasks
Your task here is to find a pot of gold by exploring the Wumpus World environment as provided in the files listed below. You play the role of the agent, and you need to determine if it is safe to proceed to a tile or not. If you encounter a situation where you can’t say with certainty that a tile is safe to enter, you may give up, or risk falling into a pit or getting caught by the Wumpus.
- Wumpus World Setup and Configuration (also available as Keynote and PowerPoint files); contains the task description and a sample configuration
- Wumpus World template (also as .doc file); contains an empty template for the Wumpus World
The main consideration for grading in this assignment are the difficulty of the Wumpus World configuration, and the quality of the solution described. Criteria for the difficulty are the degree of reasoning that is required to find a solution, and the placement of the pits and the Wumpus in the world. The solution described should be complete and correct, including a description of the stages your agent (i.e., you) goes through when it works towards a solution. It is not necessary to draw a diagram of each step; you can describe sequences of simple steps verbally.
Administrative Aspects
Assignment Submission
Use the template provided in the files above to trace the exploration of the Wumpus World, and submit one example run of your agent. This assignment can be submitted either on paper, or electronically via Blackboard. Please also provide feedback via a Web form.
Collaboration
This exercise is an individual assignment. You can just use the environment as provided and explore it, or you can do it as a game where one person sets up a configuration for the other to solve. If you do it as a game, each participant will have to submit a trace of their exploration.
Questions about the Assignment
If you have general questions or comments concerning exercise, post them on the Blackboard Discussion Forum for the assignment. The grader and I will check that forum on a regular basis, and try to answer your questions. If you know the answer to a support or clarification question posted by somebody else, feel free to answer it; this will count as extra participation credit.