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Questions tagged [books]

For questions related to books in the context of artificial intelligence. For example, if you're looking for a reference AI book, you may use this tag. If you want someone to clarify something in an AI book, you can use this tag.

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What are the mathematical prerequisites for an AI researcher?

What are the mathematical prerequisites for understanding the core part of various algorithms involved in artificial intelligence and developing one's own algorithms? Please, refer to some specific books.
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What are some alternatives to the book "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach"?

There are two textbooks that I most love and am most afraid of in the world: Introduction to Algorithms by Cormen et al. and Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Norvig et al. I have started the "AI: A Modern Approach" more than once, but…
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What are other examples of theoretical machine learning books?

I am looking for a book about machine learning that would suit my physics background. I am more or less familiar with classical and complex analysis, theory of probability, сcalculus of variations, matrix algebra, etc. However, I have not studied…
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What are some resources on computational learning theory?

Pretty soon I will be finishing up Understanding Machine Learning: From Theory to Algorithms by Shai Ben-David and Shai Shalev-Shwartz. I absolutely love the subject and want to learn more, the only issue is I'm having trouble finding a book that…
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Which rules should I define for the predicate "not_to_far" of the exercise 1.1 of the book "Simply Logical: Intelligent Reasoning by Example"?

I've just started reading a book about AI. The book is Simply Logical: Intelligent Reasoning by Example. There is a very basic exercise (on page 19 of the pdf, page 5 of the book), but I can't figure it out. The exercise is Exercise 1.1. Two…
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What are some intermediate or advanced books on neural networks?

Is anyone able to recommend some resources (preferably books) on the topic of neural networks that goes beyond that of introductory reading? I'm still relatively new to the subject, however, I have successfully created my own neural network, so I…
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What is the difference between the US and global edition of the AIMA book by Russell and Norvig?

The book Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Russell and Norvig has two editions: global and the US. It looks like these two are generally the same, but have some differences in the order of the chapters and in the context, is this…
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What does "statistical efficiency" mean in this context?

Consider the following statement(s) from Deep Learning book (p. 333, chapter 9: Convolutional Networks) by Ian Goodfellow et al. Convolution is thus dramatically more efficient than dense matrix multiplication in terms of the memory requirements…
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Which part of "Perceptrons: An Introduction to Computational Geometry" tells that a perceptron cannot solve the XOR problem?

In the book "Perceptrons: An Introduction to Computational Geometry" by Minsky and Papert (1969), which part of this book tells that a single-layer perceptron could not solve the XOR problem? I have been already scanned it, but I did not find the…
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Which linear algebra book should I read to understand vectorized operations?

I am reading Goodfellow's book about neural networks, but I am stuck in the mathematical calculus of the back-propagation algorithm. I understood the principle, and some Youtube videos explaining this algorithm shown step-by-step, but now I would…
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Is Christopher Bishop's "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" out of date in 2018?

I recently came across a reference to a book that was highly regarded: "Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning" by Christopher Bishop. I am a beginner working my way through some machine learning courses on my own. I'm curious if this book is…
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How is the state-value function expressed as a product of sums?

The state-value function for a given policy $\pi$ is given by $$\begin{align} V^{\pi}(s) &=E_{\pi}\left\{r_{t+1}+\gamma r_{t+2}+\gamma^{2} r_{t+3}+\cdots \mid s_{t}=s\right\} \\ &=E_{\pi}\left\{r_{t+1}+\gamma V^{\pi}\left(s_{t+1}\right) \mid…
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What introductory books to reinforcement learning do you know, and how do they approach this topic?

Currently, I'm only going through these two books Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction, by Sutton and Barto: RL explained on an engineering level (mathematical, but readable for a non-mathematician). Elementary notions from probability and…
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Which books or papers clearly explain the relation between Ising models and deep neural networks?

I am looking for a book or paper which clearly explains the relationship between Ising models and deep neural networks. Can anyone provide any references?
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What are some books or state of the art papers about the development of a strong-AI?

I am looking for books or to state of the art papers about current the development trends for a strong-AI. Please, do not include opinions about the books, just refer the book with a brief description. To emphasize, I am not looking for books on…
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