Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach

by Stuart J. Russell, Peter Norvig

Other authors: Frank Kirchner

Series: Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence

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Artificial Intelligence is the study of how to build or program computers to enable them to do what minds can do. This volume discusses the ways in which computational ideas and computer modeling can aid our understanding of human and animal minds. Major theoretical approaches are outlined, as well as some promising recent developments. Fundamental philosophical questions are discussed along with topics such as: the differences between symbolic and connectionist AI, planning and problem solving, knowledge representation, learning, expert systems, vision, natural language, creativity, and human-computer interaction. This volume is suitable for any psychologist, philosopher, or computer scientist wanting to know the current state of the art in this area of cognitive science.… (more)

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not bad for an intro: simple math, minimal jargon and pretty organized (

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profpenguin | May 3, 2022 |

I had to read this as part of my Artificial Intelligence course in Georgia Tech's Online Master's in Computer Science program, and as an AI textbook it was excellent. It provides detailed, and easy to follow, algorithms ranging from minimax and alpha-beta to Bayes Nets, Hidden Markov Models, A*, Neural Nets, and plenty more. I did not read every page of this book, but I can attest that I would not have done nearly as well in my course without it and if I need to look up an AI algo, I'll turn here first to read what Russell and Norvig have to say first and then check other resources. (

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driscoll42 | Feb 28, 2022 |

Nice Book to study basics and expertise to AI .

Abdullah.Awan | Apr 15, 2011 |

An essential and comprehensive exploration of AI concepts and design. (

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dohouk | Oct 4, 2009 |

The now-standard AI textbook, this offers an overview and some detail on classic AI (automated reasoning and theorem proving, planning, and expert systems) as well as an introduction to statistical techniques (machine learning and neural networks, probabilistic and fuzzy models, modern NLP methods). The Situated Agents approach unifies the book loosely, but it doesn't present a grand unified theory of agents, instead emphasizing the bricolage approach common in the real world. The web site, http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/ , is also an excellent resource. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Russell, Stuart J.	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Norvig, Peter	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Kirchner, Frank	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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In which we try to explain why we consider artificial intelligence to be a subject most worthy of study, and in which we try to decide what exactly it is, this being a good thing to decide before embarking.

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Artificial Intelligence is the study of how to build or program computers to enable them to do what minds can do. This volume discusses the ways in which computational ideas and computer modeling can aid our understanding of human and animal minds. Major theoretical approaches are outlined, as well as some promising recent developments. Fundamental philosophical questions are discussed along with topics such as: the differences between symbolic and connectionist AI, planning and problem solving, knowledge representation, learning, expert systems, vision, natural language, creativity, and human-computer interaction. This volume is suitable for any psychologist, philosopher, or computer scientist wanting to know the current state of the art in this area of cognitive science.

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