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Thinking as computation :

(Number (ISBN

0262016990 (hardcover : alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780262016995 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Title Proper

Thinking as computation :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a first course /

First Statement of Responsibility

Hector J. Levesque

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Cambridge, Mass. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

MIT Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2012

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xx, 299 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill. ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

Thinking and Computation -- A Procedure for Thinking -- The Prolog Language -- Writing Prolog Programs -- Case Study : Satisfying Constraints -- Case Study : Interpreting Visual Scenes -- Lists in Prolog -- Case Study : Understanding Natural Language -- Case Study : Planning Courses of Action -- Case Study : Playing Strategic Games -- Case Study : Other Ways of Thinking -- Can Computers Really Think?

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Text of Note

This book guides students through an exploration of the idea that thinking might be understood as a form of computation. Students make the connection between thinking and computing by learning to write computer programs for a variety of tasks that require though, including solving puzzles, understanding natural language, recognizing objects in visual scenes, planning courses of action, and playing strategic games. The material is presented with minimal technical detail and is accessible to undergraduate students with no specialized knowledge or technical background beyond high school mathematics. Students use Prolog (without having to learn algorithms: "Prolog without tears!"), learning to express what they need as a Prolog program and letting Prolog search for answers. After an introduction to the basic concepts, Thinking as Computation offers three chapters on Prolog, covering back-chaining, programs and queries, and how to write the sorts of Prolog used in the book. It follows this with case studies of tasks that appear to require thought, then looks beyond Prolog to consider learning, explaining, and propositional reasoning. Most of the chapters conclude with short bibliographic notes and exercises. The book is based on a popular course that he University of Toronto and can be used in a variety of classroom contexts, by students ranging from first-year liberal arts undergraduates to more technically advanced computer science students

International Standard Book Number

9780262302180

Computational intelligence

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Book number

Levesque, Hector J.,1951-

Date of Transaction

20130422104226.0

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[Book]

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