false 27543 7 <I>Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach</I> introduces basic ideas in artificial intelligence from the perspective of building intelligent agents, which the authors define as "anything that can be viewed as perceiving its environment through sensors and acting upon the environment through effectors." This textbook is up-to-date and is organized using the latest principles of good textbook design. It includes historical notes at the end of every chapter, exercises, margin notes, a bibliography, and a competent index. <I>Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach</I> covers a wide array of material, including first-order logic, game playing, knowledge representation, planning, and reinforcement learning. 1362 book 1995 Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach total:137|5:38|4:56|3:37|2:4|1:2| 137 535 259 16 4 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 17 11:04:38 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 11:45:50 -0800 2007 5 1 false false Wed Aug 06 13:23:54 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 15:50:55 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Tue Jul 01 05:53:20 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 05:56:11 -0700 2008 However it does provide a good theoretical introduction to many subjects. I liked the chapters on search.]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Oct 23 08:04:57 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 08:04:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu Nov 27 22:35:50 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 22:41:31 -0800 2008 artificial intelligence seem to enjoy several similarities -- incredible expense as a barrier t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Nov 22 04:43:52 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 04:45:31 -0800 2008 1 The definitive introductory text - but you have to be REALLY good at AI not to find many new things here. If you are at all serious about this subject, a must-read. The writing style is excellent, and there is a remarkable amount of dry humour. I particularly liked their analysis of the Chines...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 20 21:15:31 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 21:16:26 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 07:36:04 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 07:37:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 12:17:55 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 12:18:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue May 13 07:19:10 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 14:43:40 -0700 2008
Inspired, I just got my nerd on by writing a program that solves the 8-Queens puzzle. It works! (whew)

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