This book introduces the basic ideas, principles, algorithms and applications of artificial intelligence, highlighting the operability of the technology and providing comprehensive coverage of relevant technologies of the discipline. According to the order of discipline development, the book is divided into three parts of logical intelligence, computational intelligence, and parallel intelligence, and the contents of each chapter are roughly arranged in the order of knowledge representation, reasoning, and learning, with the aim of enabling readers to clearly grasp the differences and connections among the technologies. The part of logical intelligence includes Chapter 2-6 and focuses on the methods based on symbolic manipulation. The part of computational intelligence comprises Chapter 7-12, which focuses on numerical calculation-based methods, including probabilistic reasoning and artificial neural networks. The part of parallel intelligence contains Chapter 13-15, the emphases of which are intelligent behavior resulting from the interaction of multiple individuals under network environments.

Ye Peijun holds a PhD degree and is an assistant researcher. He is engaged in the research fields such as multi-intelligent systems, artificial intelligence, social computing, and intelligent transportation.