Artificial Intelligence, 3rd Edition (1993)

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Título:
Artificial Intelligence, 3rd Edition (1993)

Autor:
Patrick Henry Winston

Categoria:
Tecnologia > IA

Doador:
Raffaello D. N.

Sinopse:
Artificial Intelligence, 3rd Edition, speaks directly to the reader who wants more than a definition of AI: it asks how a machine can represent knowledge, recognize patterns, and solve problems. The table of contents opens with “The Intelligent Computer,” then moves into semantic nets and description matching, setting up the book as a method-first introduction to how intelligent behavior can be modeled. The structure is carefully progressive, with chapters on generate-and-test, means-ends analysis, problem reduction, blind search, and heuristic search. This is a single-author textbook by Patrick Henry Winston, and the chapter breakdown shows a strong pedagogical rhythm: each topic is split into core methods, worked ideas, summaries, and background sections. That makes the book feel systematic rather than speculative, with emphasis on representation, reasoning, and search. What stands out is how concrete the subject matter is for an early AI text. Instead of staying at the level of theory alone, it highlights semantic nets, analogy problems, recognition of abstractions, and optimal path search. Readers get a structured map of classic AI techniques and the conceptual tools behind them, which gives the book lasting value as both an introduction and a snapshot of foundational AI thinking.