Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

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Morgan Kaufmann, 1992 - Computers - 946 pages

Paradigms of AI Programming is the first text to teach advanced Common Lisp techniques in the context of building major AI systems. By reconstructing authentic, complex AI programs using state-of-the-art Common Lisp, the book teaches students and professionals how to build and debug robust practical programs, while demonstrating superior programming style and important AI concepts. The author strongly emphasizes the practical performance issues involved in writing real working programs of significant size. Chapters on troubleshooting and efficiency are included, along with a discussion of the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and a description of the main CLOS functions. This volume is an excellent text for a course on AI programming, a useful supplement for general AI courses and an indispensable reference for the professional programmer.

 

Contents

Introduction to Lisp
3
A Simple Lisp Program
34
Overview of Lisp
48
The General Problem Solver
109
Dialog with a Machine
151
Building Software Tools
175
Solving Algebra Word Problems
219
A Simplification Program
238
Symbolic Mathematics with Canonical Forms
509
Expert Systems
530
LineDiagram Labeling by Constraint Satisfaction
564
Search and the Game of Othello
596
Introduction to Natural Language
655
Unification Grammars
684
A Grammar of English
715
An Uncommon Lisp
753

Efficiency Issues
265
LowLevel Efficiency Issues
315
Logic Programming
348
Compiling Logic Programs
388
ObjectOriented Programming
434
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
460
Compiling Lisp
784
ANSI Common Lisp
834
Troubleshooting
866
Obtaining the Code in this Book
897
Index
919
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