Artificial Intelligence - From Theory to Application
Ioan I. ANDONE · 2005
Thousands of person-years have been devoted to the research and development of various aspects of artificially intelligent systems. Theos Ek Mechanes was the Greek term for Artificial Intelligence (AI), and in Latin, it was Deus Ex Machina. The concept of creating an artificial intelligent system is almost as old as the written word. In the past over sixty years, it is closer to reality. Although the field of Artificial Intelligence has made great strides, it still lacks a crucial concept - a solid theory of intelligence that includes a definition of intelligence, tangible goals, and a method for their measure. The study of intelligent systems is not a single field of study, but rather many fields, ranging from control theory and neural nets to artificial intelligence and cognitive sciences. AI gives you the power to manage a complex set of problems common to anyone involved in product design, project, management, or manufacturing. While not required to construct an intelligent system, a theory of intelligence is important for the AI field to progress. The following theory enables the reader to view intelligent system problems from a different perspective, and more importantly, consider intelligence as a series