Errata
This page contains known errors from first printing of Artificial Intelligence: Foundations of Computational Agents, David L. Poole and Alan K. Mackworth, 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2023.
If you find errors not noted here, please email David L. Poole and Alan L. Mackworth.
Front Matter
- Sriraam Natarajan's name was misspelled in the endorsements and on the back cover.
Chapter 1: Artificial Intelligence and Agents
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Chapter 2: Agent Architectures and Hierarchical Control
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Chapter 3: Searching for Solutions
- Figure 3.5 (p 88). S should be s.
- Example 3.13 (p 100) in Section 3.5.4 near end: <A,C,E,F,D,H>_11 should be <A,B,E,F,D,H>_11. (thanks to Oliver Hamilton).
Chapter 4: Reasoning with Constraints
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Chapters 5: Propositions and Inference
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Chapter 6: Planning with Certainty
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Chapter 7: Supervised Machine Learning
- Figure 7.12 (P 292) last argument to Linear_learner
should be b.
Page 304 (Section 3.4.2): "m/|Es|" should be "b/|Es|", where b is the batch size.
Chapter 8: Neural Networks and Deep Learning
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Chapter 9: Reasoning with Uncertainty
- p 401 Middle: "P(Y | X_1, X_2) = w_0 + w_1*X_1 + w_2 * X_2 + w_3*X_1*X_2 " should be "P(y | X_1, X_2) = sigmoid(w_0 + w_1*X_1 + w_2 * X_2 + w_3*X_1*X_2)". In the paragraph that follows, the first four "P(Y | ...)" should be "logit( P(y | ...))". Add "where the logit function is the inverse of the sigmoid."
Chapter 10: Learning with Uncertainty
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Chapter 11: Causality
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Chapter 12: Planning with Uncertainty
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Chapter 13: Reinforcement Learning
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Chapter 14: Multiagent Systems
- Figure 14.1 (p 617). Line 11: Minimax should be GameTreeSearch. Line 14: best := (score, c:path) line 15: return best
Chapter 15: Individuals and Relations
- Section 15.4.1. Figure 15.2 (p 658) borders0(brazil,argentina) should be borders0(argentina,brazil). Example 15.12 (p 659) "The answer with X=chile" should be "The answer with C=chile". (Thanks to Nicola Fanizzi.)
- Section 15.6. Example 15.27 (p 671) "Z contains the elements of X followed by the elements of Z" should be "Z contains the elements of X followed by the elements of Y". (Thanks to Nicola Fanizzi.)
Chapter 16: Knowledge Graphs and Ontologies
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Chapter 17: Relational Learning and Probabilistic Reasoning
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Chapter 18: The Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence
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Chapter 19: Retrospect and Prospect
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End Matter
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