Author: Prof. K. R. Chowdhary
Publisher: Springer, 2020
Length: ~716 pages
This book introduces the foundations and recent developments in Artificial Intelligence, covering logic, reasoning, learning, NLP, vision, planning, and more. Suitable for undergraduates, early graduate students, and professionals.
| Chapter | Focus |
|---|---|
| 1–2 | Understanding AI, agent models, logic foundations |
| 3–5 | Formal logic, rule-based systems, Prolog |
| 6–8 | Knowledge representation, semantic networks, search methods |
| 9–11 | Heuristics, CSP solving, game-playing |
| 12 | Probabilistic reasoning under uncertainty |
| 13–15 | Machine learning, planning strategies |
| 16–17 | Agent architectures, data mining |
| 18–19 | Information retrieval and NLP fundamentals |
| 20–21 | Speech recognition and machine vision |