Donald Michie was among the pioneers of Bletchley Park from 1942-1945, working with the Colossus series of computers. After a post-war career in biology, for which Oxford University awarded him the D.Sc., he formed the Experimental Programming Unit at Edinburgh in 1965, and conceived and directed the FREDDY robot project, recognised as a world first. He held the chair of Machine Intelligence at Edinburgh from 1967-1985, and is Editor-in-Chief of the acclaimed Machine Intelligence series, as well as co-editing _Intelligent Systems_ (Ellis Horwood, 1983). He is Chief Scientist and Director of Research at the Turing Institute and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the British Computer Society.

This lucid commentary on twenty-five years with machines which learn and plan traces and illuminates the latest progress towards the goal of the intelligent machine. It surveys an integrated sequence of researches undertaken by Professor Michie and his colleagues, while at the same time providing an authoritative introduction to the subject.
This second edition, which has been completely revised and expanded, incorporates much stimulating new material, resulting in a new book rather than a new edition. Half of the present text has been newly written, and fresh introductory notes supplied for each of the book's four main sections. Every chapter is individual and self-sufficient, offering the reader the freedom to select topics to suit his own needs, and helping towards both theoretical and practical approaches to representing cognitive processes in machines.
It is a thought-provoking review which will help satisfy the thirst for information and advice in the fast-growing areas
of artificial intelligence, from the pen of an internationally respected leader in the field. It is fascinating to read, elegant and persuasive in its presentation, and will be widely read not only by scientists and engineers, but by all interested in the role of computers today.

Readership: Scientists, engineers and researchers in artificial intelligence, computing, machine intelligence, robotics, machine learning; knowledge engineering; cognitive science; information science; software engineering; electronics.

1942-1945年，唐纳德-米奇是布莱切利公园的先驱者之一，从事Colossus系列计算机的工作。战后他从事生物学工作，并因此被牛津大学授予理学博士学位。1965年，他在爱丁堡成立了实验编程组，并构思和指导了FREDDY机器人项目，该项目被认为是世界第一。1967-1985年，他在爱丁堡担任机器智能的主席，是广受赞誉的机器智能系列的主编，并与人合编《智能系统》（Ellis Horwood, 1983）。他是图灵研究所的首席科学家和研究主任，是爱丁堡皇家学会和英国计算机学会的会员。

这篇清晰的评论对25年来的机器学习和计划进行了追踪，阐明了实现智能机器目标的最新进展。它调查了米奇教授和他的同事们所进行的一系列综合研究，同时对这一主题进行了权威性介绍。

本书第二版经过全面修订和扩充，纳入了许多令人振奋的新材料，形成了一本新书而不是一个新版本。本书一半的内容是新写的，并为本书四个主要部分的每一部分提供了新的介绍性说明。每一章都是独立的、自给自足的，为读者提供了选择适合自己需要的主题的自由，并有助于以理论和实践的方式在机器中表现认知过程。

这是一篇发人深省的评论，将有助于满足人们在快速增长的人工智能领域对信息和建议的渴求。

它是一篇发人深省的评论，将有助于满足人们对快速增长的人工智能领域的信息和建议的渴求，它出自该领域中受国际尊重的领导者之手。本书读起来引人入胜，表达方式优雅而有说服力，不仅会被科学家和工程师广泛阅读，而且会被所有对当今计算机的作用感兴趣的人阅读。

读者群。人工智能、计算机、机器智能、机器人、机器学习；知识工程；认知科学；信息科学；软件工程；电子学的科学家、工程师和研究人员。