| View Larger Image | Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Second, Enlarged Edition | Paperbackby Philip C. Jackson Jr. (Author)
| List Price: | $17.95 | | Price: | $14.00 | | You Save: | $3.95 (22%) | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Dover Publications | | Edition: | 2 Enl Subnd Edition | | Page Count: | 512 Pages | | Publication Date: | June 01, 1985 | | Sales Rank: | 528,186th |
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Product Description
This comprehensive, easy-to-read survey of how machines (computers) can be made to act intelligently explores problem-solving methods, representation and models, game playing, automated understanding of natural languages, heuristic scene analysis, specific artificial intelligence accomplishments and other related topics. With 132 illustrations. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 6 reviews)
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Good, but somewhat outdated by Scott Johnson (Grand Forks, ND)  3 Stars
December 02, 2007
This is an interesting introduction to artificial intelligence, but it is rather outdated. In addition, while it gives a general overview of the entire field (at least how the field stood during the writing of the book), it doesn't give as man concrete examples, or as many code examples, as an in-depth developer might want. I would recommend Russell & Norvig's Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach for the serious developer, and forego this guy.
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A good introduction book for grown-ups by Systems Analytics  4 Stars
January 15, 2007
I was thinking of purchasing an introductory book on AI for my 14 year old son since he was so interested in robots and automation. Apparently, this book is beyond him. I am not sure whether there is an AI book for children.
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A Little dated, but very good introduction by R. Bequette (Sacramento, CA USA)  5 Stars
May 11, 2006
Having last been printed in the mid 80's some of the information is getting a little dated at this point, but for anyone new to the subject it is a very good read and an excellent introduction to the feild of AI.
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Great read, excellent price by Brandon (Atlanta) 5 Stars
March 08, 2004
I actually picked up this book at the discount bin at a local bookstore. I had always been interested in A.I research, and this deal was irresistable. However, I think this book is worth alot more, and provides more insight into the field than many of the current popular books on the subject. This book basically goes into A.I research and leaves alot of the philosophical issues at a minimum. Basically you can look at this as a real text book about the subject of A.I. By my expirience, it isn't easy to find outside of the popular science market. The topics that this book covers is extensive. The first few chapters go into subjects like Game Theory, and the problem-state models of A.I. He also gives a very extensive overview of the contruction of the human brain and its paralells to finite state machines. What I found particularly interesting was his coverage of many Turning Machines. Later, the author takes you into more rigorous examples dealing with problems of Theorem proving. And definitely one of the most interesting chapters was his coverage of natural languages. I have owned this book for about 2 years, and although I do not read it faithfully everyday, I do find myself reading this book extensively for periods of 2-3 months. The material will demand a great deal of work on the behalf of the reader. As this book deals with many abstract concepts in mathematics that can be confusing to the untrained reader. Admitedly, i had to stop reading this book for a little while and take 4 months to get to a functional level of linear algebra, before I could fully comprehend the tranformation he showed chapter 6. This is a must buy for anyone who wants to get their feet wet in the field of A.I. And with such a small price tag, you really cant lose.
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Great Introduction and not only that. by Ognjen Honovic (Rijeka, Croatia) 5 Stars
June 22, 2000
I was searching for a book that will introduce me to artificial intelligence concepts; and although this book seemed old (1985), I bought it because of it's low price. Then when I opened it for the first time I was amazed how great it is. It worths a whole lot more. I soon found out that some concepts are for ever, and no matter how old they will be current in the future.
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