Screen LibraryProbably approximately correct : nature's algorithms for learning and prospering in a complex world /
Provides a model of how effective behavior can be learned even in a world as complex as our own, shedding new light on human nature.
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Basic Books,
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| Publisher Address: | New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
Provides a model of how effective behavior can be learned even in a world as complex as our own, shedding new light on human nature. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 195 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780465032716 : 0465032710 |
| Index Number: | BF39 |
| CLC: | Q988 |
| Call Number: | Q988/V172 |
| Contents: | Ecorithms -- Prediction and adaptation -- The computable: not everything that can be defined can be computed -- Mechanistic explanations of nature : what might we look for? -- The learnable : how can one draw general lessons from particular experiences? -- The evolvable : how can complex mechanisms evolve from simpler ones? -- The deducible : how can one reason with imprecise concepts? -- Humans as ecorithms -- Machines as ecorithms : why is artificial intelligence difficult to achieve? -- Questions. |