UF CAP 4621 Artificial Intelligence Reading Assignments

ASSIGNED READINGS

The following is a list of the readings to be completed during the specified weeks of the semester. These readings will not all correspond with the material covered in lecture. They instead act as supplements to the lecture material.

Week	Assignment For The Week
8/25	Chapter 1
9/ 1	Chapters 2 and 3
9/ 8	Chapter 4
9/15	Chapter 5
9/22	Chapter 6
9/29	Chapters 7 and 8
10/ 6	Chapter 9
10/13	Chapter 10
10/20	Chapter 11
10/27	Chapter 12
11/ 3	Chapter 13
11/10	Chapters 14 and 15
11/17	Chapters 16 and 17
11/24	No Reading -- Thanksgiving
12/ 1	Chapter 18
12/ 8	Chapter 19

All readings are from Essentials of Artificial Intelligence.

OUTSIDE READINGS

Students in this course are strongly encouraged to do outside reading: both <A HREF="os-read.html">technical</A> and <A HREF="sf-read.html">non-technical</A>. The following list of texts is provided as a service to identify possible outside reading material. Please note that this list is not exhaustive and is intended only as a guide to possible sources. Consult the library for these and other books on the material.

Technical Readings

General Introductory Books

A.I.: An M.I.T. Perspective, Vols. 1 and 2, P.H. Winston and R.H. Brown. Collection of papers on problem solving, natural language understanding, representation and learning, and AI applications.
Principles of Artificial Intelligence, N. J. Nilsson. Logic based text.
Artificial Intelligence, P. H. Winston.
Problem-Solving Methods in Artificial Intelligence, N. J. Nilsson. Logic based text.
An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, E. Charniak and D. McDermott.
The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, A. Barr and E. A. Feigenbaum.
Heuristics, J. Pearl.
Artificial Intelligence with Common Lisp, J. Noyes.
Artificial Intelligence through Prolog, N. Rowe.
Artificial Intelligence, E. Rich. Logic based text.
Artificial Intelligence and the Design of Expert Systems, G. F. Luger and W. A. Stubblefield. AI through an expert system's view.

Books on Lisp

A Common Lisp Workbook, J. H. Riley, Prentice Hall, 1992.
ANSI Common Lisp, P. Graham, Pretice Hall, 1996.
Common LISP, W. L. Hennessey, McGraw Hill, 1989.
Common LISP, A Tutorial, W. L. Milner, Prentice Hall, 1988.
Common LISP, D. S. TouretzkyBenjamin/Cummings, 1990.
Common LISP, G. L. Steele, the Lisp bible.
Common LISPCraft, R. Wilensky.
Essential Lisp, J. R. Anderson et al., one of the best books for learning Lisp (or any programming language) ever written.
Getting to Know Lisp, R. M. Deal, W. C. Brown, 1991.
Lisp, An Interactive Approach, S. C. Shapiro, Computer Science Press, 1986.
Lisp, P. H. Winston and B. K. P. Horn, Addison-Wesley, 1981.
Lisp Style and Design, M. M. Miller and E. Benson, Digital Equipment Corp. 1990.
Object-Oriented Common Lisp, S. Slade, Prentice Hall, 1998.
On Lisp, Advanced Techniques for Common Lisp, P. Graham, Prentice Hall, 1994.
Symbolic Computing with Lisp, R. D. Cameron and A. H. Dixon, Prentice Hall, 1992.
Symbolic Computing with Lisp and Prolog, R. A. Mueller and R. L. Page Wiley, 1988.
The Little LISPer, D. P. Friedman and M. Felleisen.

Books on Prolog

Symbolic Computing with Lisp and Prolog, R. Mueller and R. Page.
Programming in Prolog, W. F. Clocksin and C. S. Mellish.
Prolog Programming for Artificial Intelligence, I. Bratko.
Computing with Logic, D. Maier and D. S. Warren.
Prolog Programming in Depth, M. Covington, D. Nute, and A. Vellino.
Prolog Programming: Applications for Database Systems, Expert Systems, and Natural Language, C. Marcus.
Prolog for Programmers, F. Kluzniak and S. Szpakowicz.

More Specific Books

Computers and Thought, Feigenbaum and Feldman. Good historical view of the early 1960's. A classic in the field. Papers from this book will be mentioned in class.
The Psychology of Computer Vision, P. H. Winston. Covers the very early work in computer vision.
Understanding Natural Language, T. Winograd. Published version of Winograd's dissertation on the blocks world.
Natural Language Understanding, J. Allen. Excellent up-to-date coverage of the field of natural language processing.
Representation and Understanding, D. G. Bobrow and A. Collins. Good collection of papers on knowledge representation.
Semantic Information Processing, M. Minsky. The collection of early papers on semantic network knowledge representation systems and techniques.
Introduction to Expert Systems, P. Jackson. Overview of Knowledge-based systems.
The Engineering of Knowledge-Based Systems: Theory and Practice, A. Gonzalez and D. Dankel. Overview of knowledge-based systems.
The AI Business, P. Winston and K. Prendergast. Collection of papers on AI systems that are used commercially.
Representing Commonsense Knowledge, E. Davis. Discussion of how we might represent the difficult concepts of time, space, quantities and measurements, and plans and goals.
Planning and Control, T. Dean and M. Wellman. Discussion of issues in planning actions and controlling their execution.
Machine Learning (three different volumes), R. Michalski et al.. Three different collections of papers dealing with various issues in learning.
==Non-Technical Books on Artificial Intelligence==
Machine's Who Think, by P. McCorduck.
Fuzzy Logic, D. McNeill and P. Freiberger.
AI: The Tumultuous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence, D. Crevier.
The Second Self, S. Turkle.
Aaron's Code, P. McCorduck.
Into the Heart of the Mind: An American Quest for Artificial Intelligence, F. Rose.
AI: The Tumultous History of the Search for Artificial Intelligence, D. Crevier.
Fuzzy Logic, D McNeill and P. Freiberger.
Brainmakers, D. H. Freedman.
The Brain Makers, H. P. Newquist.

Books Negative on Artificial Intelligence

What Computers Can't Do, H. L. Dreyfus. Presents arguments against the field of AI. He and his brother have a more recent book out also.
Computer Power and Human Reason, J. Weizenbaum.
Mind Over Machine, H. Dreyfus and S. Dreyfus.

Non-Technical Readings

AI Related Science Fiction

The following is a partial listing of science fiction books related to this field which you might find of interest to read. Note that none of these books are on reserve. Most of these are available at any of the local book stores if you have an interest in reading any of them.

D. Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
D. Adams The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
D. Adams Life, The Universe and Everything
M. Ashley Souls in Metal
I. Asimov Nightfall and Other Stories
I. Asimov I, Robot
I. Asimov The Naked Sun
I. Asimov The Bicentennial Man
I. Asimov The Caves of Steel
I. Asimov Eight Stories from the Rest of the Robots
I. Asimov The Robots of Dawn
G. Bear Strength of Stones
M. Berlyn The Integrated Man
A. Bester The Computer Connection
L. Biggle The Metallic Muse
A. C. Clark 2001
A. C. Clark 2010
A. C. Clark 2061
L. Delray The Best of Lester Delray
P. K. Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (Blade Runner)
P. K. Dick We Can Build You
G. Dickson No Room for Man (Necromancer)
D. Gerrold When Harlie was One
R. Goulart The Wicked Cyborg
M. Green The Delphi Calculus
J. Haldeman Study War No More
R. Heinlein The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
J. Hogan The Two Faces of Tomorrow
F. Hoyle et al. Andromeda Breakthrough
S. Lem The Cyberiad
A. Lewis Of Men and Machines
M. McQuay Lifekeeper
H. B. Piper The Cosmic Computer
F. Pohl Man Plus
R. Rucker Software
T. Ryan The Adolescence of P-1
F. Saberhagen The Ultimate Enemy
F. Saberhagen The Book of Saberhagen
F. Saberhagen Berserker's Planet
F. Saberhagen Berserker
F. Saberhagen The Berserker Wars
F. Saberhagen Earth Descended
F. Saberhagen Berserker Man
F. Saberhagen Brother Assassin
F. Saberhagen Octagon
R. Sheckley The Robot Who Looked Like Me
R. Silverberg Men and Machines
R. Silverberg Tower of Glass
C. D. Simak City
J. Sladek Roderick
J. Sladek The Best of John Sladek
J. Sladek The Reproductive System (Mechasm)
G. Smith The Fourth "R"
R. Trebor An XT Called Stanley
J. Williamson The Humanoid Touch
J. Williamson The Humanoids

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