Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach Hardback - 2009

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 3e offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to the theory and practice of artificial intelligence. Number one in its field, this textbook is ideal for one or two-semester, undergraduate or graduate-level courses in Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Peter Norvig, contributing Artificial Intelligence author and Professor Sebastian Thrun, a Pearson author are offering a free online course at Stanford University on artificial intelligence. According to an article in The New York Times , the course on artificial intelligence is “one of three being offered experimentally by the Stanford computer science department to extend technology knowledge and skills beyond this elite campus to the entire world.” One of the other two courses, an introduction to database software, is being taught by Pearson author Dr. Jennifer Widom. Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, 3e is available to purchase as an eText for your Kindle™, NOOK™, and the iPhone®/iPad®. To learn more about the course on artificial intelligence, visit http://www.ai-class.com. To read the full New York Times article, click here.Sample questions asked in the 3rd edition of Artificial Intelligence:Consider the sensorless version of the erratic vacuum world. Draw the belief-state space reachable from the initial belief state (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8), and explain why the problem is unsolvable. Give a complete problem formulation for each of the following. Choose a formulation that is precise enough to be implemented. a . Using only four colors, you have to color a planar map in such a way that no two adjacent regions have the same color. b . A 3-foot-tall monkey is in a room where some bananas are suspended from the 8-foot ceiling. He would like to get the bananas. The room contains two stackable, movable, climbable 3-foot-high crates. c . You have a program that outputs the message “illegal input record” when fed a certain file of input records. You know that processing of each record is independent of the other records. You want to discover what record is illegal. d . You have three jugs, measuring 12 gallons, 8 gallons, and 3 gallons, and a water faucet. You can fill the jugs up or empty them out from one to another or onto the ground. You need to measure out exactly one gallon. Examine the AI literature to discover whether the following tasks can currently be solved by computers: a . Playing a decent game of table tennis (Ping-Pong). b . Driving in the center of Cairo, Egypt. c . Driving in Victorville, California. d . Buying a week’s worth of groceries at the market. e . Buying a week’s worth of groceries on the Web. f . Playing a decent game of bridge at a competitive level. g . Discovering and proving new mathematical theorems. h . Writing an intentionally funny story. i . Giving competent legal advice in a specialized area of law. j . Translating spoken English into spoken Swedish in real time. k . Performing a complex surgical operation. For the currently infeasible tasks, try to find out what the difficulties are and predict when, if ever, they will be overcome.