Artificial Intelligence

Author: Karen
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book is a new textbook in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), published by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN in 2003. Its key feature is its practicality, as it explores a series of AI technologies used in real-world applications through numerous examples, such as the manufacturing of industrial and entertainment robots, automatic control of spacecraft, credit card fraud detection, protecting networks from hacker attacks, and computers playing chess in a human-like manner. For topics that have made significant progress in recent years, the book provides new coverage, such as an in-depth discussion of widely applied Bayesian networks and a substantial section dedicated to neural networks as important tools in AI. In terms of depth, the book aims to be thorough enough for readers to implement AI technologies but not so difficult as to be inaccessible. The content is self-contained, requiring minimal mathematical background from the reader; each chapter also includes exercises and recommended supplementary readings. Additional materials for instructors and students are available online. Based on these features, the book is an excellent new, practical, readable, and engaging introduction and textbook for AI. It is suitable for undergraduate students in computer science, automation, and related fields as a textbook for AI courses, as well as for professionals who wish to gain a practical understanding of AI for application in their work.