Includes bibliographical references and index.

The first part of the book describes key techniques of artificial intelligence, including rule-based systems, Bayesian updating, certainty theory, fuzzy logic, franes, objects, agents, symbolic learning, case-based reasoning, genetic algorithms, optimization algorithms, neural networks, hybrids, and the Lisp and Porlog langauages. The seocnd part describes a wide range of practical applications in interpretation and disgnosis, design and selection, planning, and control