Artificial Intelligence: An MIT Perspective, Volume 2: Understanding Vision/Manipulation/Computer Design/Symbol Manipulation (MIT Press Classics)

ISBN 10: 0262730596 / ISBN 13: 9780262730594

Published by MIT Press, 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Artificial Intelligence: An MIT Perspective, Volume 2: Understanding Vision/Manipulation/Computer Design/Symbol Manipulation (MIT Press Classics)
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262730596
• ISBN 13: 9780262730594
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The broad range of material included in these volumes suggests to the newcomer the nature of the field of artificial intelligence, while those with some background in AI will appreciate the detailed coverage of the work being done at MIT. The results presented are related to the underlying methodology. Each chapter is introduced by a short note outlining the scope of the problem begin taken up or placing it in its historical context.

Contents, Volume II: Understanding Vision: Representing and Computing Visual Information; Visual Detection of Light Sources; Representing and Analyzing Surface Orientation; Registering Real Images Using Synthetic Images; Analyzing Curved Surfaces Using Reflectance Map Techniques; Analysis of Scenes from a Moving Viewpoint; Manipulation and Productivity Technology: Force Feedback in Precise Assembly Tasks; A Language for Automatic Mechanical Assembly; Kinematics, Statics, and Dynamics of Two-Dimensional Manipulators; Understanding Manipulator Control by Synthesizing Human Handwriting; Computer Design and Symbol Manipulation: The LISP Machine; Shallow Binding in LISP 1.5; Optimizing Allocation and Garbage Collection of Spaces; Compiler Optimization Based on Viewing LAMBDA as RENAME Plus GOTO; Control Structure as Patterns of Passing Messages.

About the Author

Patrick Henry Winston (1943– 2019) was Ford Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science at MIT.