TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nilsson,Nils J.
TI  - The quest for artificial intelligence: a history of ideas and achievements 
SN  - 9780521116398 (hbk.)
AV  - Q335 .N55 2010
U1  - 006.3 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Artificial intelligence
KW  - History
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Dreams and dreamers -- Clues -- Gatherings -- Pattern recognition -- Early jeuristic programs -- Semantic representations -- Natural language processing -- 1960s' infrastructure -- Computer vision -- "Hand-eye" research -- Knowledge representation and reasoning -- Mobile robots -- Progress in natural language processing -- Game playing -- The Dendral Project -- Speech recognition and understanding systems -- Consulting systems -- Understanding queries and signals -- Progress in computer vision -- Boomtimes -- The Japanese create a stir -- DARPA's strategic computing program -- Speed bumps -- Controversies and alternative paradigms -- Reasoning and representation -- Other approaches to reasoning and representation -- Bayesian networks -- Machine learning -- Natural languages and natural scenes -- Intelligent system architectures -- Extraordinary achievements -- Ubiquitous artificial intelligence -- Smart tools -- The quest continues
N2  - "Artificial intelligence (AI) is a field within computer science that is attempting to build enhanced intelligence into computer systems. This book traces the history of the subject, from the early dreams of eighteenth-century (and earlier) pioneers to the more successful work of today's AI engineers."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -