Books Reviews
Book reviews have been an integral part of AI Magazine since 1984. If you are interested in writing a review, becoming a regular reviewer, or have already written a review that you would like published in AI Magazine, please contact our Book Review Editor. The editor maintains a list of books for which reviews are being solicited. Publishers who would like to submit copies of recently published books should send them directly to the AI Magazine offices (please do not send them directly to the Book Review Editor). Contact information is provided on the AAAI website.
A list of previously published reviews (with links to abstracts and full text) follows, in reverse chronological order.
AI Magazine Book Review Editors
- Michael Wellman, 2002–2005
- B. Chandrasekaran, 1999–2002
- Adele Howe, 1997–1999
- Kevin Knight, 1996–1997
- Milind Tambe and Kevin Knight, 1994–1995
- Bruce D'ambrosio, 1988–1993
- Michael Fehling, 1983–1987
List of Book Reviews
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Volume 23
Evolutionary Robotics: A Review
Horatiu Voicu
23(2): Summer 2002, 106-108
Similarity and Categorization: A Review
Bradley C. Love
23(2): Summer 2002, 103-105
Automated Theorem Proving: A Review
Geoff Sutcliffe
23(1): Spring 2002, 121
Dynamic Logic: A Review
Andres Silva
23(1): Spring 2002, 119
Heterogeneous Agent Systems: A Review
P. Ravi Prakash
23(1): Spring 2002, 117
The Logic of Knowledge Bases: A Review
Enrico Motta
23(1): Spring 2002, 115-116
Abduction, Reason, and Science: A Review
Atocha Aliseda
23(1): Spring 2002, 113-114
Volume 22
Reasoning about Rational Agents: A Review
Shlomo Zilberstein
22(4): Winter 2001, 146
Machine Learning and Light Relief: A Review of Truth from Trash
Jean Hayes Michie
22(4): Winter 2001, 145
It Does So: Review of The Mind Doesn't Work That Way: The Scope and Limits of Computational Psychology
Eric Dietrich
22(4): Winter 2001, 141-144
Review of Sowa's Knowledge Representation
Nicola Guarino
22(3): Fall 2001, 123-124
Conceptual Spaces--The Geometry of Thought: A Review
Norman Foo
22(1): Spring 2001, 139-140
Volume 21
Review of Intelligent Systems for Engineering: A Knowledge-Based Approach
B. Chandrasekaran
21(4): Winter, 2000, 123-124
Review of Knowledge Engineering and Management
Eleni Stroulia
21(4): Winter, 2000, 121-122
Review of The Computational Beauty of Nature
Elizabeth Bradley
21(2): Summer 2000, 89-92
A Review of Reinforcement Learning
Sebastian Thrun and Michael L. Littman
21(1): Spring 2000, 103-105
Volume 20
A Review of Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind
Bonnie Holte Bennett
20(3): Fall 1999, 92-93
A Review of Non-monotonic Reasoning
Simon Parsons
20(3): Fall 1999, 90-91
Response to Sloman's Review of Affective Computing
Rosalind W. Picard
20(1): Spring 1999, 134-137
Review of One Jump Ahead: Challenging Human Supremacy in Checkers
Peter F. Patel-Schneider
20(1): Spring 1999, 138
Volume 19
Review of Neuroinformatics: An Overview of the Human Brain Project
David A. Peterson
19(4) Winter 1998, 145-146
Review of Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Robotics
Chris Brown
19(4) Winter 1998, 141-144
A Review of How the Mind Works
Tapio Elomaa
19(3): Fall 1998, 135
Review of Foundations of Cognitive Science
Paul McKevitt
19(2): Summer 1998, 1998, 129-130
A Review of Machine Learning
Dennis Kibler
19(1): Spring 1998, 136
Mind: Introduction to Cognitive Science--A Review
Bonnie Holte Bennett, Dwight Nelson, Russell Pannier, Thomas Sullivan, and Gregory Robinson-Riegler
19(1): Spring 1998, 133-135
Review of The Art of Causal Conjecture
David Hand
19(1): Spring 1998, 131-132
Volume 18
Talking Heads: A Review of Speaking Minds: Interviews with Twenty Eminent Cognitive Scientists
Patrick J. Hayes and Kenneth M. Ford
18(2): Summer 1997, 123-125
A Review of Sketches of Thought
B. Chandrasekaran
18(2): Summer 1997, 120-122
Volume 17
Empirical Methods in Artificial Intelligence: A Review
Pat Langley
17(3): Fall 1996, 95
Volume 16
Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: A Review
Bruce Burns
16(3): Fall 1995, 81-83
A Review of Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative Thought
Douglas Hofstadter
16(3): Fall 1995, 75-80
Artificial Intelligence--A Modern Approach: A Review
Martha E. Pollack
16(3): Fall 1995, 73-74
Review of Participating in Explanatory Dialogues: Interpreting and Responding to Questions in Context
W. Lewis Johnson
16(2): Summer 1995, 88-90
Review of Intelligent Scheduling
Steve Chien
16(2): Summer 1995, 86-88
Review of Case-Based Reasoning
Andrew R. Golding
16(2): Summer 1995, 85-96
A Review of Rules of Encounter: Designing Conventions for Automated Negotiation
Piotr Gmytrasiewicz
16(2): Summer 1995, 83-84
A Review of Qualitative Reasoning: Modeling and Simulation with Incomplete Knowledge
Elisha Sacks
16(2): Summer 1995, 81-82
Volume 15
A Guided Tour of Computer Vision: A Review
Jon A. Webb
15(4): Winter 1994, 77-78
Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp--A Review
Robert P. Futrelle
15(4): Winter 1994, 75-77.
A Review of Statistical Language Learning
Marti A. Hearst
15(3): Fall 1994, 88
The Great 1980s AI Bubble: A Review of The Brain Makers
Hans Moravec
15(3): Fall 1994, 86-87
Navigating through the Frame Problem: Review of Reasoning Agents in a Dynamic World
Selmer Bringsjord and Chris Welty
15(1): Spring 1994, 69-72
Volume 14
Similarity in Cognition: A Review of Similarity and Analogical Reasoning
Ron Sun
14(4): Winter 1993, 81-84.
Review of The Philosophy of Intelligence
Lee Gladwin
14(2): Summer 1993, 67-68.
Volume 13
Review of Verification, Validation, and Test of Knowledge-Based Systems
Alun D.Preece
13(4): Winter 1992, 76-77
Review of Models of My Life
Lee Gladwin
13(3): Fall 1992, 89-90
Review of Natural Computation
Nigel Ward
13(2): Summer 1992, 102-103
Neurons, Perception, and Communication: Review of Images and Understanding: Thoughts about Images, Ideas about Understanding
Philip Swann
13(2): Summer 1992, 97-102
Volume 12
The Cognitive Structure of Emotions: A Review
Roland J. Zito-Wolf
12(4): Winter 1991, 97-99
On Being a Machine: A Review
Gabriel Valiente
12(4): Winter 1991, 96-97
Intentions in Communication: A Review
Robert P. Goldman
12(4): Winter 1991, 90-96
Review of Knowledge-Based Design Systems
Amit Mukerjee
12(3): Fall 1991, 122-123
Review of Genetic Algorithms in Search, Optimization, and Machine Learning
Terry Rooker
12(1): Spring 1991, 102-103.
Review of Expert Systems in Business: A Practical Approach
John. Musgrove
12(1): Spring 1991, 101-102
Review of Artificial Intelligence, Simulation, and Modeling
Mark E. Lacy
12(1): Spring 1991, 100-101
Volume 11
Review of Machine Intelligence: A Critique of Arguments Against the Possibility of Artificial Intelligence
Achim Hoffman
11(4): Winter 1990, 95
Review of Simple Minds
Lee A. Gladwin
11(4): Winter 1990, 93-95
Review of Actors: A Model of Concurrent Computation in Distributed Systems
Varol Akman
11(4): Winter 1990, 92-95
Review of Manufacturing Intelligence
Richard Stokey
11(3): Fall 1990, 127-128
Review of Building Large Knowledge-Based Systems
Ken Levine
11(3): Fall 1990, 126-127
Review of Pattern Recognizition
Scott W. Shaw
11(2): Summer, 1990, 80-81
Review of Sparse Distributed Memory
Terry Rooker
11(2): Summer, 1990, 79-80
Review of Alternate Realities: Mathematical Models of Nature and Man
Mark Lacy
11(2): Summer, 1990, 78-79
Review of The Media Lab
Lee S. Brownston
11(1): Spring, 1990, 99-100
Review of Representation and Reality
Lee A. Gladwin
11(1): Spring, 1990, 100-101
Review of Artificial Intelligence: A Knowledge-Based Approach
Joseph Montanarella
11(1): Spring, 1990, 98-99.
Volume 10
Review of Design Automation: Automated Full-Custom VLSI Layout Using the Ulysses Design Environment
Marwain A. Jabri
10(4): Winter 1989, 66-67.
Review of Neurocomputing: Foundations of Research
Terry Rooker
10(4): Winter 1989, 64-66
Review of Knowledge-Based Systems
Simon Y. Blackwell
10(4): Winter 1989, 64
Response to Drew McDermott's Review of Logical Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Nils Nilsson
10(3): Fall 1989, 105-106
Review of Logic Foundations of Artificial Intelligence
Drew McDermott
10(3): Fall 1989, 103-105.
Review of Automated Reasoning: Thirty-Three Basic Research Problems
Ulrich Wendl
10(3): Fall 1989, 103
Review of Computer Experience and Cognitive Development
Mallory Selfridge
10(2): Summer 1989, 93-96
Review of The Development of an Artificial Intelligence System for Inventory Management Using Multiple Experts
Erwin M. Saniga
10(2): Summer 1989, 93
Review of The Rise of the Expert Company
Robert A. Chalmers
10(2): Summer 1989, 96
Review of Perceptrons
Stephen Grossberg
10(2): Summer 1989, 91-92
Review of Natural Language Understanding
Dekai Wu
10(1): Spring 1989, 88-90
Review of Expert Systems for the Technical Professional
Francis D. Tuggle
10(1): Spring 1989, 87-88
Review of A Comprehensive Guide to AI and Expert Systems: Turbo Pascal Edition
Gregory B. White
10(1): Spring 1989, 86-87
Review of Machine Translation: Past, Present, Future
Nigel Ward
10(1): Spring 1989, 85
Volume 9
Review of Reasoning About Change
V. S. Subrahmanian
9(4): Winter 1988, 84-85
Review of How Machines Think: A General Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Illustrated in Prolog
Debra Sloane
9(4): Winter 1988, 83-84
Review of Computing with Logic: Logic Programming with Prolog
R. B. Abhyankar
9(4): Winter 1988, 83
Review of An AI Approach to Legal Reasoning
Thomas C. Arciadiacono
9(3): Fall 1988, 90-91.
Review of The Principles and Applications of Decision Analysis and Behavioral Research
Jack Breese
9(1): Spring 1988, 124-126
Review of Expert Systems: Techniques, Tools, and Applications
Bryan M. Kramer
9(1): Spring 1988, 123-124
Volume 8
Review of Artificial Intelligence and Psychiatry
Lee A. Gladwin
8(2): Summer 1987, 101-102
Review of Expert Micros
Lee Gladwin
8(1): Spring 1987, 82, 115
Review of Heuristics: Intelligent Search Strategies for Computer Problem Solving
Tod S. Levitt and Eric J. Horvitz
8(1): Spring 1987, 81, 99
Volume 7
Review of Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Ernest R. Tello
7(5): Winter 1986, 100-101
Review of Artificial Intelligence for Microcomputers: The Guide for Business Decision Makers
T. R. Vogel
7(5): Winter 1986, 100
Review of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: Five Overviews
Vernon Williams
7(1): Spring 1986, 89-90
Review of Heuristics: Intelligent Search Strategies for Computer Problem Solving
Terry L. Rankin
7(1): Spring 1986, 87-89
Review of Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea
John W. L. Ogilvie
7(1): Spring 1986, 86-87
Volume 6
Review of Readings in Medical Artificial Intelligence: The First Decade
Perry L. Miller
6(4): Winter 1986, 105
Volume 5
Review of A Practical Guide to Designing Expert Systems
William J. Clancey
5(4): Winter 1985, 84-86
Review of A Mathematical Theory of Evidence
Lotfi A. Zadeh
5(3): Fall 1984, 81-83
Review of The Architecture of Cognition
John B. Black
5(1): Spring 1984, 71-72
Volume 4
Review of States of Mind
William J. Clancey
4(4): Winter 1983, 61-66
Review of The Fifth Generation
Saul Amarel
4(3): Fall 1983, 94