Title:
Artificial intelligence and problem solving / Dr. Danny Kopec, Christopher Pileggi, David Ungar, Shweta Shetty.
Author:
Kopec, Danny, author.
Pileggi, Christopher, author.
Ungar, David M. (David Michael), author.
Shetty, Shweta, 1979- author.
Publication Information:
Dulles, VA : Mercury Learning and Information, [2017]
©2017
Call Number:
TA347.A78 K66 2017
Electronic Access:
http://library.books24x7.com/library.asp?^B&bookid=115278
ISBN:
9781944534585
Physical Description:
xxii, 349 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Contents:
Introduction -- pt. I. Problem solving and traditional artificial intelligence problems. Problem solving ;The missionaries and cannibals problem ; The 12 coins problem ; Cryptarithms ; The red donkey puzzle ; The 15 puzzle ; The knight's tour problem ; Mastermind ; The Monty Hall problem ; Rubik's cube ; The prisoner's dilemma -- pt. II. Problems requiring computer solutions. Sudoku ; Map coloring and the chromatic number ; Cryptography ; Random walks on graphs and Monte Carlo methods -- pt. III. Miscellaneous small problems and toward a theory. Miscellaneous problems ; Conclusion : toward a theory for problem solving -- On the companion disc. Appendix A. Student solutions ; Appendix B. 12 coins algorithm ; Appendix C. Human window study ; Appendix D. Program solutions to problems.
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