Turtle Geometry presents an innovative program of mathematical discovery that demonstrates how the effective use of personal computers can profoundly change the nature of a student's contact with mathematics. Using this book and a few simple computer programs, students can explore the properties of space by following an imaginary turtle across the screen.The concept of turtle geometry grew out of the Logo Group at MIT. Directed by Seymour Papert, author of Mindstorms, this group has done extensive work with preschool children, high school students and university undergraduates. Harold...
Turtle Geometry presents an innovative program of mathematical discovery that demonstrates how the effective use of personal computers can profound...
AI in the 1980s and Beyond provides an inside report on current applications, trends, and future opportunities in one of the world's major centers of artificial intelligence research. The topics covered include a general perspective on AI, knowledge-based systems, expert systems tools and techniques, system building in medical diagnosis, AI and software engineering, intelligent natural language processing, automatic speech recognition, intelligent vision, seeing robots, robot programming, robot tactile sensing, and autonomous mobile robots. W. Eric L. Grimson and Ramesh S. Patil are both...
AI in the 1980s and Beyond provides an inside report on current applications, trends, and future opportunities in one of the world's major centers ...
This tour de force in experimental robotics paves the way toward understanding dynamic environments in vision and robotics. It describes the first robot able to play, and even beat, human ping-pong players.Constructing a machine to play ping-pong was proposed years ago as a particularly difficult problem requiring fast, accurate sensing and actuation, and the intelligence to play the game. The research reported here began as a series of experiments in building a true real-time vision system. The ping-pong machine incorporates sensor and processing techniques as well as the techniques...
This tour de force in experimental robotics paves the way toward understanding dynamic environments in vision and robotics. It describes the first ...
Made-Up Minds addresses fundamental questions of learning and concept invention by means of an innovative computer program that is based on the cognitive-developmental theory of psychologist Jean Piaget. Drescher uses Piaget's theory as a source of inspiration for the design of an artificial cognitive system called the schema mechanism, and then uses the system to elaborate and test Piaget's theory. The approach is original enough that readers need not have extensive knowledge of artificial intelligence, and a chapter summarizing Piaget assists readers who lack a background in...
Made-Up Minds addresses fundamental questions of learning and concept invention by means of an innovative computer program that is based on the cog...
The broad range of material included in these volumes suggests to the newcomer the nature of the field of artificial intelligence, while those with some background in AI will appreciate the detailed coverage of the work being done at MIT.
The broad range of material included in these volumes suggests to the newcomer the nature of the field of artificial intelligence, while those with so...
This supplement to Building Problem Solvers contains the Common Lisp code examples referenced throughout the text. The code is available on disk and can also be downloaded via ftp.
This supplement to Building Problem Solvers contains the Common Lisp code examples referenced throughout the text. The code is available on disk an...
The broad range of material included in these volumes suggests to the newcomer the nature of the field of artificial intelligence, while those with some background in AI will appreciate the detailed coverage of the work being done at MIT. The results presented are related to the underlying methodology. Each chapter is introduced by a short note outlining the scope of the problem begin taken up or placing it in its historical context.
Contents, Volume I: Expert Problem Solving: Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning in Classical Mechanics; Problem Solving About Electrical Circuits;...
The broad range of material included in these volumes suggests to the newcomer the nature of the field of artificial intelligence, while those with...
For nearly two decades, Kenneth Forbus and Johan de Kleer have accumulated a substantial body of knowledge about the principles and practice of creating problem solvers. In some cases they are the inventors of the ideas or techniques described, and in others, participants in their development.
Building Problem Solvers communicates this knowledge in a focused, cohesive manner. It is unique among standard artificial intelligence texts in combining science and engineering, theory and craft to describe the construction of AI reasoning systems, and it includes code illustrating...
For nearly two decades, Kenneth Forbus and Johan de Kleer have accumulated a substantial body of knowledge about the principles and practice of cre...
Psychology and philosophy have long studied the nature and role of explanation. More recently, artificial intelligence research has developed promising theories of how explanation facilitates learning and generalization. By using explanations to guide learning, explanation-based methods allow reliable learning of new concepts in complex situations, often from observing a single example.
The author of this volume, however, argues that explanation-based learning research has neglected key issues in explanation construction and evaluation. By examining the issues in the context of a...
Psychology and philosophy have long studied the nature and role of explanation. More recently, artificial intelligence research has developed promisin...
