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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp List Price: $98.95 Sale Price: $73.94 Average Rating:

Paradigms of AI Programming is the first text to teach advanced Common Lisp techniques in the context of building major AI systems. By reconstructing authentic, complex AI programs using state-of-the-art Common Lisp, the book teaches students and professionals how to build and debug robust practical programs, while demonstrating superior programming style and important AI concepts. The author strongly emphasizes the practical performance issues involved in writing real working programs of significant size. Chapters on troubleshooting and efficiency are included, along with a discussion of the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and a description of the main CLOS functions. This volume is an excellent text for a course on AI programming, a useful supplement for general AI courses and an indispensable reference for the professional programmer.

This is an overview of classical artificial intelligence (AI) programming via actual implementation of landmark systems (case studies). For the student interested in AI, Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming is an invaluable history lesson. Even the programmer who is relatively uninterested in AI will find value in the book's basic introduction to Lisp and case studies written in Lisp. But perhaps the book's best feature is its information on efficiency considerations in Lisp. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming is worth purchasing for these discussions alone, which provide a wealth of useful guidelines for optimizing your code.

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp List Price: $94.95 Average Rating:

Paradigms of AI Programming is the first text to teach advanced Common Lisp techniques in the context of building major AI systems. By reconstructing authentic, complex AI programs using state-of-the-art Common Lisp, the book teaches students and professionals how to build and debug robust practical programs, while demonstrating superior programming style and important AI concepts. The author strongly emphasizes the practical performance issues involved in writing real working programs of significant size. Chapters on troubleshooting and efficiency are included, along with a discussion of the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and a description of the main CLOS functions. This volume is an excellent text for a course on AI programming, a useful supplement for general AI courses and an indispensable reference for the professional programmer.

This is an overview of classical artificial intelligence (AI) programming via actual implementation of landmark systems (case studies). For the student interested in AI, Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming is an invaluable history lesson. Even the programmer who is relatively uninterested in AI will find value in the book's basic introduction to Lisp and case studies written in Lisp. But perhaps the book's best feature is its information on efficiency considerations in Lisp. Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming is worth purchasing for these discussions alone, which provide a wealth of useful guidelines for optimizing your code.

Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time! List Price: $49.95 Sale Price: $32.97

Lisp is a uniquely powerful programming language that, despite its academic reputation, is actually very practical. Land of Lisp brings the language into the real world, teaching readers Lisp by showing them how to write several complete Lisp-based games, including a text adventure, an evolution simulation, and a robot battle. While building these games, readers learn the core concepts of Lisp programming, such as recursion, input/output, object-oriented programming, and macros. And thanks to Lisp's powerful syntax, the example code is short and easy to understand. The book is filled with the author's brilliant Lisp cartoons, which are sure to appeal to many Lisp fans and, in the tradition of all No Starch Press titles, make learning more fun.

Visual LISP Programming: Principles and Techniques, 4th Edition Sale Price: $65.00

By: Rod Rawls and Hagen Mark and Paul Richard ISBN: 978-1-59070-810-1 Copyright: ©2007 Provides practical and easy-to-follow instructions in mastering the AutoLISP programming language. Hundreds of exercises, problems, and questions reinforce the topics to ensure maximum comprehension of the information. Many examples are incorporated into this text to provide instruction in both learning the language and using it productively in a work environment. A basic understanding of AutoCAD is assumed.

Advanced LISP Technology List Price: $99.95

This fourth volume in the Advanced Information Processing Technology series brings together Japanese researchers working in the field of Lisp technology and reflects the growing interest in parallel and distributed processing. Divided into four parts, the book examines Lisp systems design and implementation in a wide variety of parallel and distributed computing environments. It presents papers on language features such as evaluation strategy for parallel symbolic computation and extension of first-class continuations for parallel Scheme systems. Finally, it considers the programming environment. Advanced Lisp Technology is a valuable compilation of recent research in these fields.

Object-Oriented Programming in Common Lisp: A Programmer's Guide to CLOS List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $28.56 Average Rating:

Practical Common Lisp List Price: $64.99 Sale Price: $45.00 Average Rating:

...it has a fresh view on the language and the examples in the later chapters are usable in your day-to-day work as a programmer. If you're interested in Lisp as it relates to Python or Perl, and want to learn through doing rather than watching, Practical Common Lisp is an excellent entry point. — Chris McAvoy, Chicago Python Users Group Lisp is often thought of as an academic language, but it need not be. This is the first book that introduces Lisp as a language for the real world. Practical Common Lisp presents a thorough introduction to Common Lisp, providing you with an overall understanding of the language features and how they work. Over a third of the book is devoted to practical examples such as the core of a spam filter and a web application for browsing MP3s and streaming them via the Shoutcast protocol to any standard MP3 client software (e.g., iTunes, XMMS, or WinAmp). In other "practical" chapters, author Peter Seibel demonstrates how to build a simple but flexible in-memory database, how to parse binary files, and how to build a unit test framework in 26 lines of code.

Parallel Lisp: Languages and Systems: US/Japan Workshop on Parallel Lisp, Sendai, Japan, June 5-8, 1989, Proceedings List Price: $62.95

This volume presents the proceedings of a workshop at which major Parallel Lisp activities in the US and Japan were explained. Work covered includes Multilisp and Mul-T at MIT, Qlisp at Stanford, Lucid and Parcel at Illinois, PaiLisp at Tohoku University, Multiprocessor Lisp on TOP-1 at IBM Tokyo Research, and concurrent programming in TAO. Most papers present languages and systems of Parallel Lisp and are in particular concerned with: - Language constructs of Parallel Lisp and their meanings from the standpoint of implementing Parallel Lisp systems; - Some important technical issues such as parallel garbage collection, dynamic task partitioning, futures and continuations in parallelism, automatic parallelization of Lisp programs, and the kernel concept of Parallel Lisp. Some performance results are reported that suggest practical applicability of Parallel Lisp systems in the near future. Several papers on concurrent object-oriented systems are also included.

Computer Geek on Duty Sign / Wall Plaque (Male Edition - Programming Mainframe) List Price: $14.99 Sale Price: $10.00

This sign is part of our "On Duty" series, highlighting various professions and interests. It's a sure-fire way to please that person on your gift list! At 8 by 10 inches, it's perfect for framing, or to hang just about anywhere! This is an exclusive New Retro Signworks original design, incorporating vintage ad art from the good old days! And we have many more signs like this one! Click the "Other products by New Retro Signworks" link at the top of this page. It's not made of tin - but wood (tempered hardboard). And it has a special charm that tin signs just can't match! Recommended for indoor use only, but our art is printed using archival inks to last a lifetime, and we use a plastic overlaminate. Our signs also have faux antiquing to simulate decades of aging. Our signs are a popular choice and the perfect size for propping up on a desk, hanging on a door, or even on the wall! Just think about all the places that could use a little splash of retro style: At work, or at home. In your kitchen, laundry, game room, family room, bedroom, office, cubicle, classroom, break room, even the bathroom.