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Building Intelligent .NET Applications: Agents, Data Mining, Rule-Based Systems, and...
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by Sara Morgan Rea
Sales Rank: 298709
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List Price: $44.99
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Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional April 4, 2005
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0321246268
ISBN-13: 978-0321246264
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Product Description
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around almost as long as computers have been. It is only relatively recently, however, that some basic AI techniques have been brought to bear on common software problems. This is not a book about AI theory. It is a book about utilizing some AI technologies to enhance the value of both new and existing applications. The four AI areas covered in this book are Speech Recognition, Intelligent Agents, Data Mining, and Rule-Based Systems. Through sample real-world applications, Sara Rea shows how to make the AI technologies both accessible and usable. Most books on AI are either dense, theoretical text books, or else general-interest trade books. This will be the first book to show working .NET developers how to incorporate AI into their daily work.
Back Cover Copy
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been in existence almost as long as computers. However, only recently have AI techniques been widely incorporated by companies to enhance
traditional business applications.
Building Intelligent .NET Applications is an introduction to the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for .NET programmers. It is the first book to show professional .NET developers how to incorporate AI into their daily programming. In this accessible guide, developers will learn how to enhance both new and existing .NET applications with intelligent agents, data mining, rule-based systems, and speech processing.
The author explores four of the most popular AI technologies by building real-world sample applications that readers can use as the basis for their own applications.
Highlights include
Applications that talkcritical for companies seeking to automate their call centers
Speech-enabled mobile applications
Multimodal speech applications
Data-mining predictions, which uncover trends and patterns in large quantities of data
Rule-based programming for applications that can be more reactive to their environments
Multiple software agents that are able to keep remote users up to date
Sample applications for Windows and the Web
With Building Intelligent .NET Applications, developers will learn the basic technologies of AI needed to create practical, time-saving enterprise applications.
© Copyright Pearson Education. All rights reserved.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I went out and purchased this book based on some good reviews here at Amazon. I was really unimpressed with it. It is much less a primer on how to program "AI" types of apps with .NET, and much more a manual of how to use Microsoft applications like their speech services and data mining. I do .NET for a living, which is to say that I am probably not an expert but am proficient. This book was not really aimed at .NET programming. It was aimed at "look at these cool MS apps" and "here is how to right click to enable data cubes". What I mean to say here is that when a topic came up like speech recognition, way to much attention was paid to how to use the Microsoft Wizards and Configuration tools, and little or no time was spent on the actual API or coding practices. In some cases no example programming code was provided. This book was really sub-par compared to many of the other programming books I have purchased in general. I really don't want to be mean to the author, as she seems to really care about the subject matter. IMHO this book just is not very good, does not provide very good examples, and does not show anywhere near enough actual .NET code.
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Building Intelligent .NET Applications: Agents, Data Mining, Rule-Based Systems, and...
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