What this resource explores
A broad introduction to artificial intelligence organized around intelligent agents, reasoning, learning and interaction with the world.
- Search, planning and knowledge representation
- Probabilistic reasoning and learning
- Language, vision and robotics
Who it is for
Readers seeking a broad foundation in the methods and questions of artificial intelligence.
Background & preparation
Programming and mathematical foundations help with algorithms and probabilistic reasoning. The book includes mathematical background material.
A way to approach it
Use intelligent agents as an organizing idea, then follow the sections relevant to search, reasoning, learning or interaction.
Edition & context
This entry describes the fourth US edition. The global edition and other editions should not be assumed to have identical pagination.