Artificial intelligence and soft computing: Behavioral and cognitive modeling of the human brain, Amit Konar, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2000, ISBN 0-8493-1385-6, xxiv + 786 pp., £ 63·00
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 36 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0886-9383
- DOI
- 10.1002/cem.664
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✦ Synopsis
This book seems to be primarily intended to be used as a textbook for a two-semester course on computer science. It presents both traditional and modern aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) and soft computing.
In the Preface the author points out several advantages of the book, such as the diversity of content, the clarity and precision of presentation and the overall completeness of its chapters. The book starts with the behavioral perspective of 'human cognition' and covers in detail the tools and methods needed for its intelligent realization on machines. Traditional topics such as search, symbolic logic, planning and machine learning are adequately covered. Modern aspects of soft computing are introduced from first principles and discussed in a semi-colloquial way. Other leading aspects of current AI research covered in the book include non-monotonic and spatial-temporal reasoning, knowledge acquisition, validation, verification and maintenance issues, realization of cognition on machines and the architecture of AI machines. The final part of the book deals with two case studies: one on 'criminal investigation' and the other on 'navigational planning of robots'. The book contains 24 main chapters (plus an additional one, named 24, which is the closing chapter) and three appendices and is accompanied by a CD.