To start with, I'm entirely new to artificial intelligence or what have you. Does anyone have any good beginner book recommendations with which I might establish a strong enough selection to better understand this topic? I don't know what neural networks are, I've read little on fuzzy logic and I think you get the point with that. What I really would like is at least one book with actual implementations/applications (read: source/demos) as I've always found those the strongest teaching reinforcement for me, though I enjoy theory resources as well. I hope that had enough focus/direction for you to get the point, and thanks ahead. EDIT: and if it matters, I'm not particularly interested in gamedev though if there's a reason to touch upon that then I'm certainly willing. Also, as I mill about Amazon, I'm noticing a heavy trend towards Lisp implementation. I'm interested primarily in theory and c/c++, but would working with Lisp really be worth looking into for this sort of interest and how so? Thanks again. [edited by - kordova on May 19, 2003 2:05:21 AM]

Look at the top menu bar of this web page. See the section on Resources ? Both the Articles & Resources and Books and Software sections should be of interest to you. Look there first, and if you still have specific questions, then ask them.

Eric

Haha. I''ve pointed out the same so many times and in my entirely sudden interest I don''t know how I neglected to give that option thought. Thanks for pointing out the obvious. Cheers.

Well, since you are familiar with fuzzy logic, it makes sense to use a forum as a way to search for information instead of a database, doesnt it? Its just easier to put forth your needs in a linguistic manner to other people, than to dissect them in a way that will make sense to a DB. So instead of always bugging people who doesnt feel comfortable with google or other searches and get all pissed (in general - Geta was polite ), why not just help

Anyway kordova, what you are looking for is without a doubt this book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/193184108X/qid=1035328480/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/104-3807558-0158328?v=glance&n=507846

It explains Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks in a very easy to understand way, both theory and practical, in C++, for gamedevelopers. And the support from the writer is very good, so youll get your questions answered quickly.

Good luck!

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quote: Original post by _Danneman_
all pissed (in general - Geta was polite ), why not just help

There is an old saying, "Give a man a fish, and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and feed him for a lifetime." Doing it your way, by "just help[ing]" is actually doing a dis-service to the person asking the question. Think about it.

After you have thought about it, then if you still want to be the person who "just helps", then we can put you in charge of answering all the same questions that are posted to this site. Over and over.

Eric