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Valiant, Leslie.
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Human behavior -- Mathematical models.
Algorithms.
Nature -- Mathematical models.
Mathematics in nature.
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Probably approximately correct : nature's algorithms for learning and prospering in a complex world / Leslie Valiant.
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Valiant, Leslie.
New York : Basic Books, c2013.
Subjects
Human behavior -- Mathematical models.
Algorithms.
Nature -- Mathematical models.
Mathematics in nature.
ISBN:
9780465032716 (hbk.) :
0465032710
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x, 195 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Ecorithms -- Prediction and adaptation -- The computable: not everything that can be defined can be computed -- Mechanistic explanations of nature: what might we look for? -- The learnable: how can one draw general lessons from particular experiences? -- The evolvable: how can complex mechanisms evolve from simpler ones? -- The deducible: how can one reason with imprecise concepts? -- Humans as ecorithms -- Machines as ecorithms: why is artificial intelligence difficult to achieve? -- Questions.
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Provides a model of how effective behavior can be learned even in a world as complex as our own, shedding new light on human nature.
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