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Jul 25, 2011
Joecolelife
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This is by far one of the best books i have ever read. For many years i have struggled with abtuse books on algorithms, programming languages and mathematics. This book is unlike anything i have read before. For the last 20 years, I as a lay person, who has not taken any university classes in AI and programming have had problems moving passed certain levels of complexity in my understanding. Simple things like decision tress and recursion had eluded me in the many books i read, seeming intangibl
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Dec 17, 2007
Drew
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A comprehensive course in modern AI topics. While the book is dense with information, the authors provide clear explanations that will be easily picked up by the careful reader. An excellent companion to an undergraduate course in artificial intelligence.
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Aug 06, 2008
Carl
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For a textbook, this is amazingly accessible and interesting. if you have any interest in the topic, this is the book to read. It's $100 or more, but it's very popular for AI classes, so any good college library should have a copy.
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Jul 01, 2008
Luis
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A bit boring. Lacks good solved exercises. Very short on detail in some areas such as Neural Networks. Very "theoretical".
However it does provide a good theoretical introduction to many subjects. I liked the chapters on search.
However it does provide a good theoretical introduction to many subjects. I liked the chapters on search.
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Nov 27, 2008
Nick
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Heh, I opened this up to find the ISBN and found dried blood all over the pages, suggesting I read this during my cocaine-intensive period back in 1999-2000. That's fitting, since cocaine and the study of artificial intelligence seem to enjoy several similarities -- incredible expense as a barrier to entry, exciting short-term effects (see: euphoria, A* search) but letdowns upon prolonged use (see: addiction, combinatorial explosions), and they've both ruined plenty of fine careers in computer s
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Jul 31, 2011
Wants a book that explains broad and deep AI yet in laymen term (nearly)? This is IT. Of all the AI books I have read, this one is arguably the most accessible to undergrads (CS, EE background) It assumes only minimal mathematical formalities and pretty much the maths things are self-contained. The authors did a great job of keeping the contents up-to-date with the latest happenings in AI, while keeping the readers sane. Overall, thumbs up!
Jul 06, 2011
Manny
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This monumental work, which completely dominates the AI textbook market, has been compared with classics like Watson's Molecular Biology of the Cell, and eminently succeeds in its goal of providing a clear, single-volume summary of the whole field of Artificial Intelligence. As pointed out on the book's home page, it is used in over 1200 universities in over 100 countries, and is the 25th most cited publication on Citeseer and the 2nd most cited publication of this century. The occasional sugges
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Aug 19, 2011
Dariush
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This book has covered almost most of subjects needed for starting studying A.I but in very poor depth of understanding, anyway this book can be a topic guide reference.
And also be noted that this is a bit boring book. Lacks good solved exercises. Very short on detail in some areas such as Neural Networks. Very "theoretical".[ i don't recommend it for beginners in A.I ]
And also be noted that this is a bit boring book. Lacks good solved exercises. Very short on detail in some areas such as Neural Networks. Very "theoretical".[ i don't recommend it for beginners in A.I ]
Mar 03, 2011
Carl-Erik
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One of the best technical books I have read, albeit on a hard topic. It's quite readable and a lot better than my AI lectures ever were. Must admit to only reading the first 12 chapters though.
Its main weakness lies in the lacking coverage of "new AI" topics, such as evolutionary algorithms.
Its main weakness lies in the lacking coverage of "new AI" topics, such as evolutionary algorithms.
Mar 07, 2011
Nakosy
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It was written more like a text book for undergrads with extensive coverage of many topics. However, I was looking for more in-depth information on knowledge representation. But, it was too superficial for my need. May be, in 3rd edition it encompassed the latest ideas in this area.
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Jan 01, 2011
Patrick
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Pretty much THE book to have on comprehensive artificial intelligence. AI: A Modern Approach is used in schools and universities across the globe. Don't expect implementations in anything but general pseudocode in this book. Although, you may check the repository at aima.cs.berkeley.edu.
Jan 05, 2012
James
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This is THE book to read on anything to do with modern artificial intelligence. I regard this as my personal bible and would recommend it to anyone who is involved in technical artificial intelligence.
Dec 16, 2011
Daniel
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This is the most complete and comprehensive book I read on a subject of Artificial Intelligence so far and it's very well written as well. If you plan diving into AI really seriously and you are keen to invest some good amount of time going through 1000 pages of this book then I really recommend it for you. Great addition to this book is A.I. course https://www.ai-class.com/home/ led by coauthor of this book, Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun, a Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engine
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Mar 01, 2011
Uwe
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A good overview on ai methology yet a bit to focused on classical AI. But still interesting for anyone interested in implementing intelligent aspects in current software.
Sep 07, 2011
I'm not really reading it cover to cover. I'll be using this text for an AI class that I'll be taking.
Apr 10, 2011
Hahn
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cuma baca bagian A* search algorithms doang. tapi susah dipahami, kebanyakan teorinya hehehehe
Mar 11, 2010
Danien
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Comprehensive coverage of many AI topics and algorithms. High level approach - don't expect code.
Apr 10, 2011
David
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It's a pricey book. It was used in my university on AI. It covers many AI topics including intelligent agents, searching, knowledge representation, machine learning, etc. There are enough examples, but not enough good and clear examples. The book is heavily biased towards First Order Logic as the way to do knowledge representation, making it good on Bayesian networks. Other topics like neural networks and machine vision would be better off read elsewhere. Overall, the book is not for light readi
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Feb 20, 2009
Jonathan
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Clear, concise intro to the various aspects of Artificial Intelligence.
Jan 28, 2012
Ondřej
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Whatever it is you want to know about AI, there's a good chance you'll find it in this book, well described, within a context and with further references.
Jul 28, 2008
Patrick
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So far, so good.
Inspired, I just got my nerd on by writing a program that solves the 8-Queens puzzle. It works! (whew)
My computer hasn't tried to take over the world yet, but I suspect it's just a matter of time. I don't want to give it any ideas, though, so have blocked War Games and Superman III from my netflix account.
Inspired, I just got my nerd on by writing a program that solves the 8-Queens puzzle. It works! (whew)
My computer hasn't tried to take over the world yet, but I suspect it's just a matter of time. I don't want to give it any ideas, though, so have blocked War Games and Superman III from my netflix account.
Jan 05, 2012
Anthony
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I read this while taking the Introduction to Artificial Intelligence online class at Stanford. The book was really good, but reading it is a bit of a chore as it's so large. It is very readable, the math is not too difficult and the code examples are clean and short.
May 01, 2011
Joe
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Excellent introduction to AI field. In contrast with other books, the math is presented in an approachable manner and doesn't get in the way of learning the underlying topics.
