TY  - BOOK
AU  - Valiant,Leslie
TI  - Probably approximately correct: nature's algorithms for learning and prospering in a complex world 
SN  - 9780465032716
AV  - BF39.3 .V35 2013
U1  - 150.1 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Human behavior
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Algorithms
KW  - Nature
KW  - Mathematics in nature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184) and index; 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1317/2012474460-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1317/2012474460-d.html
ER  -