wjones@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Wendell E Jones) (05/12/89)
I am looking for a good ai book. I can be ten years or 2 weeks old. I simply am interested learning what makes a computer do things on it's own. Also the book should have some examples. * W.E.Jones A.K.A. The Ronin |"I'm a certified nut * * U.S.Mail 91 Ackerson St. Hackensack New Jersey 07601| with a history of * * "Nan ja desu karma ka? Karma desu karma. Neh?" | violence!!!" * * "Lesson #1: Never no never underestimate your own stupitity"| M. Keaton *
ntm1169@dsacg1.UUCP (Mott Given) (05/12/89)
From article <May.11.21.37.33.1989.11101@galaxy.rutgers.edu>, by wjones@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Wendell E Jones): > > I am looking for a good ai book. I can be ten years or 2 weeks I would recommend A Guide to Expert Systems by Waterman. Expert Systems Tools and Applications by Harmon is another good source for you. Mott Given -- Mott Given @ Defense Logistics Agency ,DSAC-TMP, Bldg. 27-1, P.O. Box 1605, Systems Automation Center, Columbus, OH 43216-5002 INTERNET: mgiven@dsacg1.dla.mil I speak for myself Phone: 614-238-9431 AUTOVON: 850-9431
ntm1169@dsacg1.UUCP (Mott Given) (05/12/89)
From article <May.11.21.37.33.1989.11101@galaxy.rutgers.edu>, by wjones@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Wendell E Jones):
> I am looking for a good ai book. I can be ten years or 2 weeks
I would recommend the book "Expert Systems: A Non-programmer's Guide
to Development and Applications" by Paul Siegel. It was published
by TAB Professional and Reference Books (Blue Ridge Summit, PA).
I would also recommend Paul Harmon's books. One of the books is called
Expert Systems: Artificial Intelligence in Business, published by John
Wiley.
Finally, I would recommend a recently published book called Expert
Systems for Experts. I don't have the author or publisher for it.
--
Mott Given @ Defense Logistics Agency ,DSAC-TMP, Bldg. 27-1, P.O. Box 1605,
Systems Automation Center, Columbus, OH 43216-5002
INTERNET: mgiven@dsacg1.dla.mil I speak for myself
Phone: 614-238-9431 AUTOVON: 850-9431rose@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Dan Rose) (05/18/89)
In article <1468@dsacg1.UUCP> ntm1169@dsacg1.UUCP (Mott Given) writes: >From article <May.11.21.37.33.1989.11101@galaxy.rutgers.edu>, by >wjones@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Wendell E Jones): >> I am looking for a good ai book. I can be ten years or 2 weeks > > I would recommend the book "Expert Systems: A Non-programmer's Guide > . . . > I would also recommend Paul Harmon's books. One of the books is called > Expert Systems: Artificial Intelligence in Business . . . > > Finally, I would recommend a recently published book called Expert > Systems for Experts. As the range of topics discussed in this newsgroup should indicate, Expert Systems is *not* all there is to AI! In fact, it's just one small piece. Rather than argue about this, I'll just indicate how much of some popular AI textbooks have to do with expert systems: Handbook of AI (Barr & Feigenbaum): 2 out of 15 sections. AI (Rich): 1 out of 13 chapters. Intro to AI: (Charniak & McDermott): 1 out of 11 chapters. AI (Winston): 1 out of 9 chapters. I have yet to find an AI book I really like, but at the very least it should say something about most of AI research, including search, planning, knowledge representation, learning, vision, language understanding . . . (And this list only includes "mainstream" AI, omitting work on connectionism, genetic algorithms, artificial life, etc.) Dan Dan Rose {ucbvax,decvax,akgua,dcdwest}!sdcsvax!beowulf!rose.uucp UC San Diego rose%beowulf@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu
cam@edai.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm cam@uk.ac.ed.edai 031 667 1011 x2550) (05/20/89)
In article <6440@sdcsvax.UCSD.Edu> rose@beowulf.UCSD.EDU (Dan Rose) writes: }In article <1468@dsacg1.UUCP> ntm1169@dsacg1.UUCP (Mott Given) writes: }>From article <May.11.21.37.33.1989.11101@galaxy.rutgers.edu>, by }>wjones@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Wendell E Jones): }>> I am looking for a good ai book. I can be ten years or 2 weeks [Several recommendations for books on Expert Systems omitted.] }As the range of topics discussed in this newsgroup should indicate, }Expert Systems is *not* all there is to AI! In fact, it's just one }small piece. Rather than argue about this, I'll just indicate how }much of some popular AI textbooks have to do with expert systems: } }Handbook of AI (Barr & Feigenbaum): 2 out of 15 sections. }AI (Rich): 1 out of 13 chapters. }Intro to AI: (Charniak & McDermott): 1 out of 11 chapters. }AI (Winston): 1 out of 9 chapters. Artificial Intelligence and Natural Man, ( Boden), Harvester Press: a few pages out of 500. Artificial Intelligence: Tools, Techniques, and Applications, (O'Shea and Eisenstadt), Harper & Row: 1 out of 15 chapters. One could argue that one of the reasons Expert Systems are being given as _much_ prominence as this is because their high media and commercial profile demands it in popular undergrad textbooks :-)-- Chris Malcolm cam@uk.ac.ed.edai 031 667 1011 x2550 Department of Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh University 5 Forrest Hill, Edinburgh, EH1 2QL, UK