Artificial Intelligence and Its Applications Graduate Textbook (Third Edition)

Author: Cai Zi Xing, Xu Guang You
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book consists of 12 chapters. Chapter 1 introduces an overview of artificial intelligence, listing the research and application fields of AI. Chapters 2 and 3 explore traditional AI's knowledge representation methods, search techniques, and advanced knowledge reasoning. Chapter 4 elaborates on the fundamental concepts of computational intelligence, including neural computing, fuzzy computing, rough set theory, evolutionary computing, artificial life, swarm intelligence, natural computing, and immune algorithms. Chapters 5 to 11 provide a detailed discussion of the main applications of AI, including expert systems, machine learning, automatic planning, agents, machine vision, natural language understanding, and intelligent control. Chapter 12 reviews recent debates on artificial intelligence, discusses its impact on the economy, society, and culture of humans, and looks ahead to the integration of AI with agents, computational intelligence, evolutionary computing, swarm intelligence optimization, natural computing, immune computing, and knowledge discovery and data mining. Other chapters have also been modified, refined, or supplemented based on the second edition. This book can serve as a textbook for postgraduate students in relevant fields of higher education institutions, as well as a reference for researchers and practitioners engaged in AI research and applications. Undergraduate students should use the companion book "Undergraduate Textbook."