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Samuel, Arthur, 4, 910

Scheduling agents , 339

Searches and searching

AI branch searches, 8

search agents, 339

Semantic Web, 346347

Web-search agents, 280

Web searches, 346347

SearchWorkingMemory function, 222223

Selection, genetic algorithm, 118119, 137138, 144

Selection methods , genetic algorithm parameter, 144

SelectNextCity function, 7374

Semantic Web, 346347

Sensors

affecting computing and emotional sensitivity, 345

in agents, 155156, 164165

in rules-based systems, 200203

Separability problem, 8687

Shakey robot, 5

SimulateAgents function, 172176

SimulateAnts function, 7476

Simulated Annealing

acceptance criteria, 1516

agent intelligence and, 283

Algorithm (code listing), 2629

algorithm for, 1417, 2629

assessing solutions, 15, 2325

Assessing the Solution (code listing), 2325

CD-ROM content, 349

cooling schedules, 17

Copying One Solution to Another (code listing), 25

described, 13

Emitting a Solution in Chessboard Format (code listing), 2526

energy of zero as goal, 21

Initialization and Tweaking Functions (code listing), 2223

initial solution, 15

iteration and, 1718

parameters, adjustment of, 3132

temperature parameters, 3132

Types and Symbolic Constants (code listing), 2122

working solutions (tweaking), 15

Simulated Annealing (code listing), 2629

Simulate function, 170

Single layer perceptrons (SLPs), 8487

Boolean expressions and, 86

SLPs (single layer perceptrons). See Single Layer Perceptrons (SLPs)

Social issues, 10

intellectual property issues, 274

privacy issues, 5556

Speech recognition, 67

Markov Chains and, 261262

Squashing functions, MLPs and, 8788

Stability-plasticity dilemma, 36

Stigmergy, 59

Strong AI vs. weak AI, 2

Synthetic ethology, 151

System requirements, 352