Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence) @ richardeward.com

Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence)
by Stuart Russell, Peter Norvig
from Prentice Hall

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Excellent AI book
  Recommended for people looking for a good, but not that mathematical, summary of the field.

• Fantastic Textbook
  As a student with a very strong background in technical fields I am no stranger to heavy studying, reference, and in some cases even total reliance on textbooks. I have encountered many kinds of textbooks, some which get the job done, some which do the same painfully, and unfortunately a select few that were simply inscrutable and probably inhibited my learning more than anything else.
  This textbook however, is definitely a cut above all the rest. It's very likely that it's the best textbook I've ever... more info

• A landmark
  I never took a course in AI, but I've been reading and rereading this book, with pleasure, since the mid-nineties. This book is deep (as well as broad), tells a coherent story, and is very well-written and amusing. It is much more than a textbook or an encyclopedia; it's two of the smartest people around sharing years of study and reflection on some of the hardest and most interesting questions around.
  It is not something to grok in a semester or two, and it should not be your only information source... more info

• Superficial, not clear, not a good choice
  I'm currently teaching AI. Since it's the standard textbook for AI courses, I decided to use Russel&Norvig's book, and I am really disappointed.
  The book is too superficial, trying to cover too much, and their notation and explanations are not always clear. For example, try to understand the Viterbi algorithm for HMMs. It's perfectly clear if you read an introductory article, but this book gives a very confusing idea of how it works. In several other parts of the book the same thing happens. more info

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