Description: Further DetailsTitle: Probably Approximately CorrectCondition: NewSubtitle: Nature's Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex WorldISBN-10: 0465060722EAN: 9780465060726ISBN: 9780465060726Publisher: Basic BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/14/2014Description: From a leading computer scientist, a unifying theory that will revolutionize our understanding of how life evolves and learns.How does life prosper in a complex and erratic world? While we know that nature follows patterns,such as the law of gravity,our everyday lives are beyond what known science can predict. We nevertheless muddle through even in the absence of theories of how to act. But how do we do it?In Probably Approximately Correct , computer scientist Leslie Valiant presents a masterful synthesis of learning and evolution to show how both individually and collectively we not only survive, but prosper in a world as complex as our own. The key is probably approximately correct" algorithms, a concept Valiant developed to explain how effective behaviour can be learned. The model shows that pragmatically coping with a problem can provide a satisfactory solution in the absence of any theory of the problem. After all, finding a mate does not require a theory of mating. Valiant's theory reveals the shared computational nature of evolution and learning, and sheds light on perennial questions such as nature versus nurture and the limits of artificial intelligence.Offering a powerful and elegant model that encompasses life's complexity, Probably Approximately Correct has profound implications for how we think about behaviour, cognition, biological evolution, and the possibilities and limits of human and machine intelligence.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 206mmItem Length: 138mmItem Width: 16mmItem Weight: 220gAuthor: Leslie ValiantGenre: Computing & InternetTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Probably Approximately Correct
Title: Probably Approximately Correct
Subtitle: Nature's Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex Worl
ISBN-10: 0465060722
EAN: 9780465060726
ISBN: 9780465060726
Release Date: 11/14/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Computing & Internet
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Probably Approximately Correct : Nature's Algorithms for Learning and Prospering in a Complex World
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Programming / Algorithms, Neuroscience, Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Life Sciences / Evolution, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, Computer Science
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 7.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Computers, Science, Medical
Author: Leslie Valiant
Item Length: 8.1 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
