Artificial Intelligence in the 21st Century

Artificial Intelligence is a field of computer science which in recent years has meteorically risen from theory and promise to delivery and practice, underlying many present and future complex systems. This text provides a comprehensive, colorful, up to date, and accessible presentation of AI without sacrificing theoretical foundations. It includes numerous examples, applications, full color images, and human interest boxes to enhance student interest. Advanced topics include neural nets, genetic algorithms, natural language processing, planning and complex board games. A companion DVD is provided with resources, simulations, and figures from the book. Numerous instructors resources are available upon adoption. Features: +Provides a comprehensive, colorful, up to date, and accessible presentation of AI without sacrificing theoretical foundations +Uses numerous examples, applications, full color images, and human interest boxes to enhance student interest + Introduces important AI conce