Preface vii

Publisher's Acknowledgements xv

PART I ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: ITS ROOTS AND SCOPE 1

PART II ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AS REPRESENTATION AND SEARCH 35

PART III REPRESENTATION AND INTELLIGENCE: THE AI CHALLENGE 223

PART IV MACHINE LEARNING 385

PART V ADVANCED TOPICS FOR AI PROBLEM SOLVING 545

PART VI LANGUAGES AND PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 635

PART VII EPILOGUE 821

Bibliography 855

Author Index 883

Subject Index 889