Artificial Intelligence: A Knowledge-Based Approach

Abstract: A comprehensive survey of artificial intelligence, with an emphasis on the role of knowledge in the design of intelligent systems.

Keywords: book review, ai, robotics, programming, LISP, Prolog, expert system, rule-based system, robotic systems, neural networks, knowledge representation, knowledge acquisition, artificial intelligence.

Title: Artificial Intelligence: A Knowledge-Based Approach Author: Morris W. Firebaugh Foreword: Donald Michie Publisher: P W S Publishers / Boyd & Fraser Date Published: June 1988 ISBN: 0878353259 LOCN: Q335.F56 1988 Dewey: 006.3 19 Pages: 740 Bibliography: 388 Figures: 137 Photos: 18

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CONTENTS

Preface

Foreword by Donald Michie

Chapter 1: Can Machines Think?

Chapter 2: Languages of AI

Chapter 3: Basic Search Techniques

Chapter 4: Game Playing

Chapter 5: Automated Reasoning

Chapter 6: Problem Solving

Chapter 7: Computational Linguistics

Chapter 8: Natural Language Processing

Chapter 9: Knowledge Representation

Chapter 10: Production Systems

Chapter 11: Survey of Expert Systems

Chapter 12: Architecture of Knowledge-Based Systems

Chapter 13: Building Knowledge-Based Systems

Chapter 14: Pattern Recognition

Chapter 15: Computer Vision

Chapter 16: Robotics

Chapter 17: Machine Learning

Chapter 18: New Architectures for AI

Appendix A: Introduction to LISP Programming

Appendix B: Summary of Commercial AI Systems

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DATA

Author:        Firebaugh, Morris W.
Title:         Artificial intelligence : a knowledge-based
                  approach / Morris W. Firebaugh.
Published:     Boston : Boyd & Fraser, c1988.
Description:   xxiv, 740 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
LC Call No.:   Q335.F56 1988
Dewey No.:     006.3 19
ISBN:          0878353259 : $31.00
Notes:         Includes bibliographies and index.
Subjects:      Artificial intelligence.
Control No.:   87036806 

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