The Sciences of the Artificial
by Herbert A Simon
Recommended by Scott Barry Kaufman and Alan Kay
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Finance, and Technology.
Continuing his exploration of the organization of complexity and the science of design, this new edition of Herbert Simon's classic work on Artificial Intelligence, adds a chapter that sorts out the current themes and tools chaos, adaptive systems, genetic algorithms for analyzing complexity and complex systems. There are updates throughout th...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Finance, and Technology.
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Scott Barry Kaufman
“@DTWillingham Love that you included Herb Simon?s book in that list. That book was favorite of mine in college. Maybe it?s time to revisit it! | @DTWillingham Love that you included Herb Simon’s book in that list. That book was favorite of mine in college. Maybe it’s time to revisit it! | A much stronger way to think about computing — and what 'Computer Science' might mean.”
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