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There is so much hype about decision management and predictive analytics! This book should be required reading for practitioners who want to impact enterprise performance with either approach. See my related article for additional commentary.

There is so much hype about decision management and predictive analytics! This book should be required reading for practitioners who want to impact enterprise performance with either approach. See my related article for additional commentary.

 A fantastic book on linguistic phenomenon and the insights they provide into the semantics we use in learning and thinking and how they feed back into the structure of natural languages.A fantastic book on linguistic phenomenon and the insights they provide into the semantics we use in learning and thinking and how they feed back into the structure of natural languages.
A foundational work in extended forms of logic, such as that used in some systems that derive formal - and in some cases, executable - logic from English sentences and the basis of categorial grammar which is now at the forefront of natural language processing techniques.A foundational work in extended forms of logic, such as that used in some systems that derive formal – and in some cases, executable – logic from English sentences and the basis of categorial grammar which is now at the forefront of natural language processing techniques. Johan Bos has been a decade ahead of most of the natural language/logic community. The authors' work on hole semantics is particularly important.Johan Bos has been a decade ahead of most of the natural language/logic community. The authors’ work on hole semantics is particularly important. I wrote a review of this for Ron Ross, the author. This is the best and current introduction to business rules from a business perspective that I have read.I wrote a review of this for Ron Ross, the author. This is the best and current introduction to business rules from a business perspective that I have read.
While Ron's book is the better introduction for practitioners, this book focuses on the essential difference that practitioners must realize and put into practice in order to be effective with rules technology. It is indeed all about what is the knowledge rather than how it is implemented.While Ron’s book is the better introduction for practitioners, this book focuses on the essential difference that practitioners must realize and put into practice in order to be effective with rules technology. It is indeed all about what is the knowledge rather than how it is implemented. If you want the go to reference for broad and deep coverage of almost every grammatical aspect of English, especially at the interface of syntax and semantics, this is your bible.If you want the go to reference for broad and deep coverage of almost every grammatical aspect of English, especially at the interface of syntax and semantics, this is your bible. This is how I first learned logic. I also enjoyed Nils Nilsson's work. I haven't found any more recent book as This is how I first learned logic. I also enjoyed Nils Nilsson’s work. It still looks like the best and it is definitely a classic, but I am open to suggestions for more recent texts.  There are certainly many dozens if not hundreds of excellent papers since this was published.
There are lots of introductory AI textbooks, including Russell and Norvig, but this is the classic and the book that caused me to change my career ambitions 30 years ago. After I made the switch I also enjoyed Nils Nilsson's book, which was stronger on logic, in particular.There are lots of introductory AI textbooks, including Russell and Norvig, but this is the classic and the book that caused me to change my career ambitions 30 years ago. After I made the switch I also enjoyed Nils Nilsson’s book, which was stronger on logic, in particular. My old companion to Winston's AI book and strong but more accessible than Chang & Lee concerning logic. Dr. Nilsson has more recent works, too. My old companion to Winston’s AI book and strong but more accessible than Chang & Lee concerning logic. Dr. Nilsson has more recent works, too. Dr. Giarratono worked with the NASA folks as they cloned the Automated Reasoning Tool (ART) to create CLIPS and from which JESS was derived. This is the best book I have seen on learning to program with rules in the syntax we created Inference Corporation 25 years ago. This is the perfect book for a class that will use CLIPS.Dr. Giarratono worked with the NASA folks as they cloned the Automated Reasoning Tool (ART) to create CLIPS and from which JESS was derived. This is the best book I have seen on learning to program with rules in the syntax we created Inference Corporation 25 years ago. This is the perfect book for a class that will use CLIPS.
For those interested in using the Java version of CLIPS, this is it. Before using this for a class, however, consider Giarratano's book on expert systems.For those interested in using the Java version of CLIPS, this is it. Before using this for a class, however, consider Giarratano’s book on expert systems.