jlc@atux01.UUCP (02/09/87)
I have received a number of requests for a posting any of my replies on my query regarding good books on Artificial Intelligence for the beginner. Well, here are those replies. Thank you to all who responded to my query. Jim Collymore ******************************************************************************* Subject: Re: Need References to VERY BASIC Concepts of AI & Preferred Comp. Langs. Artificial Intelligence, by Patrick Winston ================================================================================ Subject: Re: Need References to VERY BASIC Concepts of AI & Preferred Comp. Langs. Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.misc Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA The following two books are the most recommended ones I have seen and are coordinated to introduce (1) concepts and (2) techniques of AI. (1) Artificial Intelligence Patrick Henry Winston Addison Wesley (2) Lisp Patrick Henry Winston and Berthold Klaus Horn Addison Wesley As for good languages for AI, Lisp is good because with it you think more about the solution than about the implementation and because it allows you to develop the language you would have like to have to solve the problem with in the first place. This latter requirement seems to be important for the kind of approach used for AI these days. There are two compilations of papers available which are of interest. Titles are: Readings in Artificial Intelligence Readings in Knowledge Representation I will try to get the publisher's name for you. --Mario =============================================================================== Subject: AI Learn LISP and PROLOG. Winston's or Steele's book on COMMON LISP are good. Steele is more of a refernce book. Clocksin and Mellish is the default standard of PROLOG. However, Bratko is easier to learn from. Bratko also provides a good intro to AI. I highly recommend reading Bratko. Winston's book on AI is TERRIBLE for a beginning book. For some history MIT puts out some collected papers. -------- LISP, Winston. COMMON LISP, Steele. Programming in Prolog, Clocksin and Mellish. Programming in Prolog for Artificial Intelligence, Bratko. =============================================================================== Subject: AI programming languages Have you thought about trying Logo? This Department used it for years, though we have now moved to Edinburgh Prolog. Try reading Alan Bundy's book "Artificial Intelligence, an introductory course", paperback published by Edinburgh University Press