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The Foundations of Causal Decision Theoryby James M. Joyce
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 29.00The most complete defense of causal decision theory available. more...
Apocalyptic AIby Robert Geraci
Oxford University Press, USA 2010; US$ 27.95Apocalyptic AI, the hope that we might one day upload our minds into machines or cyberspace and live forever, is a surprisingly wide-spread and influential idea, affecting everything from the world view of online gamers to government research funding and philosophical thought. In Apocalyptic AI, Robert Geraci offers the first serious account of this "cyber-theology" and the people who promote it. Drawing on interviews with roboticists and AI researchers and with devotees of the online game Second Life, among others, Geraci illuminates the ideas of such advocates of Apocalyptic AI as Hans Moravec and Ray Kurzweil. He reveals that the rhetoric of Apocalyptic AI is strikingly similar to that of the apocalyptic traditions of Judaism and... more...
Semantic Web for the Working Ontologistby Dean Allemang; James Hendler
Elsevier Science 2011; US$ 54.95Semantic Web models and technologies provide information in machine-readable languages that enable computers to access the Web more intelligently and perform tasks automatically without the direction of users. These technologies are relatively recent and advancing rapidly, creating a set of unique challenges for those developing applications. Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist is the essential, comprehensive resource on semantic modeling, for practitioners in health care, artificial intelligence, finance, engineering, military intelligence, enterprise architecture, and more. Focused on developing useful and reusable models, this market-leading book explains how to build semantic content (ontologies) and how to build applications... more...
Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analyticsby Brian Clifton
John Wiley & Sons 2012; US$ 39.99Get the latest information about using the #1 web analytics tool from this fully updated guide Google Analytics is the free tool used by millions of web site owners to assess the effectiveness of their efforts. Its revised interface and new features will offer even more ways to increase the value of your web site, and this book will teach you how to use each one to best advantage. Featuring new content based on reader and client requests, the book helps you implement new methods and concepts, track social and mobile visitors, use the new multichannel funnel reporting features, understand which filters to use, and much more. Gets you up and running with all the new tools in the revamped Google Analytics, and includes content requested by... more...
Intelligent Software For Product Formulationby Ray Rowe; R. J. Roberts
Informa Healthcare 1998; US$ 159.95An account of the applicability of expert systems, neural networks, genetic algorithms and other intelligent software in product formulation, including an explanation of the technology involved and examples of, two commerical software packages more...
LEGO Software Power Toolsby Kevin Clague; Miguel Agullo
Syngress Publishing 2002; US$ 39.95There are a variety of LEGO freeware programs available on the Web for LEGO fans to assist LEGO fans them in building LEGO models directly on their computers with parts they may not physically own, and then documenting and saving directions for them in a format that is close to professional quality. Until now these tools have been difficult to find, and even more difficult to configure to work with one another. That all changes with LEGO Software Power Tools . Here, in one book, readers will find steps for installing and using some of the most popular and successful LEGO freeware applications. more...
Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Foundations of AIby Stuart Shanker
Routledge 1998; US$ 44.95In this lucid and meticulously researched book, Stuart Shanker discusses the theories expounded by Wittgenstein on the philosophy and psychology of cognitive science and the development of artificial intelligence. more...
Exploratory Data Mining and Data Cleaningby Tamraparni Dasu; Theodore Johnson
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2003; US$ 128.00Written for practitioners of data mining, data cleaning and database management. Presents a technical treatment of data quality including process, metrics, tools and algorithms. Focuses on developing an evolving modeling strategy through an iterative data exploration loop and incorporation of domain knowledge. Addresses methods of detecting, quantifying and correcting data quality issues that can have a significant impact on findings and decisions, using commercially available tools as well as new algorithmic approaches. Uses case studies to illustrate applications in real life scenarios. Highlights new approaches and methodologies, such as the DataSphere space partitioning and summary based analysis techniques. Exploratory Data Mining... more...
Artificial Moralityby Peter Danielson
Routledge 1992; US$ 39.95Explores the role of artificial intelligence in the development of a claim that morality is person made and rational. more...
Kalman Filtering and Neural Networksby Simon Haykin
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 147.00State-of-the-art coverage of Kalman filter methods for the design of neural networks This self-contained book consists of seven chapters by expert contributors that discuss Kalman filtering as applied to the training and use of neural networks. Although the traditional approach to the subject is almost always linear, this book recognizes and deals with the fact that real problems are most often nonlinear. The first chapter offers an introductory treatment of Kalman filters with an emphasis on basic Kalman filter theory, Rauch-Tung-Striebel smoother, and the extended Kalman filter. Other chapters cover: An algorithm for the training of feedforward and recurrent multilayered perceptrons, based on the decoupled extended Kalman filter (DEKF)... more...









