Computers : Artificial Intelligence

Laufen ist eine der genialsten Erfindungen der Natur. Aber erst in neuerer Zeit haben sich Technologien entwickelt, die den erfolgreichen Bau von autonomen Laufmaschinen realistisch erscheinen lassen. Dieses Buch beinhaltet die Ergebnisse des DFG Schwerpunktprogramms SPP1039 Autonomes Laufen" entstanden aus einer intensiven Zusammenarbeit einiger der f]hrenden Ingenieure, Biologen und Informatiker auf diesem Gebiet. Es werden technische Realisierungen von Laufmaschinen ebenso prdsentiert wie neueste biologische Erkenntnisse, deren Ergebnisse unmittelbar in solche technischen Umsetzungen einflie_en. Dazu gehvren Probleme der topologischen Strukturen des Laufens, der zum Laufen notwendigen Regelungen und Steuerungen und den damit verbundenen Fragen der Sensoren und der Aktoren, die Modellierung der Dynamik sowie die Auslegung und der Bau von Laufmaschinen. Eine dazugehvrende und professionell umgesetzte DVD gibt einen vergn]glichen \berblick der Forschungsergebnisse und der dahinter stehenden Probleme. more...

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Probabilistic networks have become one of the promising technologies in the area of applied artificial intelligence. This title provides a comprehensive guide for practitioners who wish to understand, construct, and analyze intelligent systems for decision support based on probabilistic networks. more...

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Life science data integration and interoperability is one of the most challenging problems facing bioinformatics today. In the current age of the life sciences, investigators have to interpret many types of information from a variety of sources: lab instruments, public databases, gene expression profiles, raw sequence traces, single nucleotide polymorphisms, chemical screening data, proteomic data, putative metabolic pathway models, and many others. Unfortunately, scientists are not currently able to easily identify and access this information because of the variety of semantics, interfaces, and data formats used by the underlying data sources. Bioinformatics: Managing Scientific Data tackles this challenge head-on by discussing the current approaches and variety of systems available to help bioinformaticians with this increasingly complex issue. The heart of the book lies in the collaboration efforts of eight distinct bioinformatics teams that describe their own unique approaches to data integration and interoperability. Each system receives its own chapter where the lead contributors provide precious insight into the specific problems being addressed by the system, why the particular architecture was chosen, and details on the system's strengths and weaknesses. In closing, the editors provide important criteria for evaluating these systems that bioinformatics professionals will find valuable. more...

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Blondie24 tells the story of a computer that taught itself to play checkers far better than its creators ever could by using a program that emulated the basic principles of Darwinian evolution--random variation and natural selection-- to discover on its own how to excel at the game. Unlike Deep Blue, the celebrated chess machine that beat Garry Kasparov, the former world champion chess player, this evolutionary program didn't have access to strategies employed by human grand masters, or to databases of moves for the endgame moves, or to other human expertise about the game of chekers. With only the most rudimentary information programmed into its "brain," Blondie24 (the program's Internet username) created its own means of evaluating the complex, changing patterns of pieces that make up a checkers game by evolving artificial neural networks---mathematical models that loosely describe how a brain works. It's fitting that Blondie24 should appear in 2001, the year when we remember Arthur C. Clarke's prediction that one day we would succeed in creating a thinking machine. In this compelling narrative, David Fogel, author and co-creator of Blondie24, describes in convincing detail how evolutionary computation may help to bring us closer to Clarke's vision of HAL. Along the way, he gives readers an inside look into the fascinating history of AI and poses provocative questions about its future. more...

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Addresses three major issues that arise in Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems (DCOP): efficient optimization algorithms, dynamic and open environments, and manipulations from self-interested users. This book introduces a series of DCOP algorithms, which are based on dynamic programming. more...

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