Introduction To Artificial Intelligence

This comprehensive text acquaints the readers with the important aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) and expert (knowledge-based) systems and guides them towards a better understanding of the subject.
The text begins with a brief introduction to artificial intelligence including application areas, its history and future, and programming. It then deals with symbolic logic, knowledge acquisition, and uncertainty. The text also clearly explains AI technologies such as computer vision, natural language processing, and speech recognition. Finally, it concludes with discussions on expert systems, neural networks, constraint programming, and case-based reasoning.
Primarily designed for the postgraduate students of computer science and engineering, master of computer application (MCA), and information technology (IT), this easy-to-read book will also serve as a useful text for the students of B.E./B.Tech. offering courses on artificial intelligence and expert systems.