Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around almost as long as computers have

been. It is only relatively recently, however, that some basic AI techniques have

been brought to bear on common software problems. This is not a book about

AI theory. It is a book about utilizing some AI technologies to enhance the

value of both new and existing applications. The four AI areas covered in this

book are Speech Recognition, Intelligent Agents, Data Mining, and Rule-Based

Systems. Through sample real-world applications, Sara Rea shows how to make

the AI technologies both accessible and usable. Most books on AI are either

dense, theoretical text books, or else general-interest trade books. This will be

the first book to show working .NET developers how to incorporate AI into

their daily work.