The Sciences of the Artificial - 3rd Edition

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 215 pages
• Published by: The MIT Press
• Edition: 3rd Edition October 1, 1996
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0262193744
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0262193740
• Book Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 1.2 pounds

Product Review
"People sometimes ask me what they should read to find out about artificial intelligence. Herbert Simon's book The Sciences of the Artificial is always on the list I give them. Every page issues a challenge to conventional thinking, and the layman who digests it well will certainly understand what the field of artificial intelligence hopes to accomplish. I recommend it in the same spirit that I recommend Freud to people who ask about psychoanalysis, or Piaget to those who ask about child psychology: If you want to learn about a subject, start by reading its founding fathers."
—George A. Miller, Complex Information Processing --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Description
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 the book as well. These take into account important advances in cognitive psychology and the science of design while confirming and extending the book's basic thesis: that a physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for intelligent action. The chapter "Economic Reality" has also been revised to reflect a change in emphasis in Simon's thinking about the respective roles of organizations and markets in economic systems.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Sciences of the Artificial - 3rd Edition (Paperback) This book is one of the most thought provoking, challenging books I've come across in many years. Simon tosses off ideas like a Border Collie shaking off water. This is not a book to be skimmed, or to be taken lightly, but a slow careful reading will certainly pay off. I read this book for insights into product design, and it did not disappoint.