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Probably approximately correct : nature's algorithms for learning and prospering in a complex world / Leslie Valiant.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York; Basic Books, 2013.Description: x, 195 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780465032716
  • 0465032710
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150.1 23
LOC classification:
  • BF39.3 .V35 2013
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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.
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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre Non-fiction BF 39.3 VAL 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 009852 Available MzULM-009852

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.

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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