From: noname@nodomain.com   
      
   Matthew wrote:   
   > Hi, I am very interested in AI, especially Neural Nets, Genetic   
   > Algoritms, Genetic Programming, and Growth Alogrithms. What are the   
   > best books on these subjects?   
      
   For an introduction to AI, you could try 'Artificial Intelligence - A   
   modern approach', by Stuart Russel and Peter Norvig.   
      
   For an introduction to genetic algorithms, you could read:   
      
   1) An introduction to genetic algorithms, by Melanie Mitchell.   
   2) Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization & Machine Learning, by   
       David E. Goldberg. (This is the bible of Genetic Algorithms)   
      
   For an introduction to neural nets, you could try 'Neural Networks - A   
   comprehensive foundation', by Simon Haykin. (There is a load of maths in   
   there)   
      
   If you are interested in the application of genetic algorithms to   
   animation or games, have a look at 'AI techniques for Game programming',   
   by Mat Buckland.   
      
   Hope this helps.   
      
   All the best   
      
   Fidel.   
      
   PS: Does anyone else knows of other books on Neural Networks?   
      
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