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The Quest for Artificial Intelligence
Nils J. Nilsson
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Paperback. The definitive history of artificial intelligence (AI), from the dreams of early pioneers to the achievements of modern research. Num Pages: 578 pages, 227 b/w illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PDX; UYQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 814.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field within computer science that is attempting to build enhanced intelligence into computer systems. This book traces the history of the subject, from the early dreams of eighteenth-century (and earlier) pioneers to the more successful work of today's AI engineers. AI is becoming more and more a part of everyone's life. The technology is already...
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
578
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
580
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521122931
SKU
V9780521122931
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About Nils J. Nilsson
Nils J. Nilsson, Kumagai Professor of Engineering (Emeritus) in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, California, received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford in 1958. He spent twenty-three years at the Artificial Intelligence Center of SRI International working on statistical and neural-network approaches to pattern recognition, co-inventing the A* heuristic search algorithm and the STRIPS automatic...
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'... [a] balanced look at what AI has been able to do during its first 50 years of existence. His personal recollections and the rationale behind many decisions, as retold by an insider, make this book a unique contribution, interesting both for the informed and for the general reader. Both kinds of readers can learn a lot from Nilsson's book...
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