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Artificial Intelligence Through Search

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Search-Related Techniques in AI

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 1-14
  3. Simple State Space Search

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 15-41
  4. State Space Search

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 43-69
  5. Heuristic State Space Search

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 71-105
  6. Heuristic Search of Game Trees

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 107-131
  7. Problem Reduction (AND/OR-tree search)

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 133-170
  8. Planning (microworld search)

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 171-200
  9. Parsing (search as analysis)

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 201-241
  10. Expert Systems (probabilistic search)

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 243-265
  11. Concept learning (description search)

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 267-291
  12. Prolog (search as computation)

    • Christopher James Thornton, Benedict du Boulay
    Pages 293-319
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 321-365

About this book

This is an important textbook on artificial intelligence that uses the unifying thread of search to bring together most of the major techniques used in symbolic artificial intelligence. The authors, aware of the pitfalls of being too general or too academic, have taken a practical approach in that they include program code to illustrate their ideas. Furthermore, code is offered in both POP-11 and Prolog, thereby giving a dual perspective, highlighting the merits of these languages.
Each chapter covers one technique and divides up into three sections:
  • a section which introduces the technique (and its usual applications) andsuggests how it can be understood as a variant/generalisation of search;
  • a section which developed a `low'-level (POP-11) implementation;
  • a section which develops a high-level (Prolog) implementation of the technique.
The authors also include useful notes on alternative treatments to the material, further reading and exercises.
As a practical book it will be welcomed by a wide audience including, those already experienced in AI, students with some background in programming who are taking an introductory course in AI, and lecturers looking for a precise, professional and practical text book to use in their AI courses.
About the authors:
Dr Christopher Thornton has a BA in Economics, an Sc in Computer Science and a DPhil in Artificial Intelligence. Formerly a lecturer in the Department of AI at the University of Edinburgh, he is now a lecturer in AI in the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex.
Professor Benedict du Boulay has a BSc in Physics and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. Previously a lecturer in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Aberdeen he is currently Professor of Artificial Intelligence, also in the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, UK

    Christopher James Thornton, Benedict Boulay

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Artificial Intelligence Through Search

  • Authors: Christopher James Thornton, Benedict Boulay

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2836-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1868-2Published: 30 November 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5260-3Published: 27 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2836-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 365

  • Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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