Perceptrons: An Introduction to Computational Geometry

Seymour Papert Marvin Minsky

ISBN 10: 0262130432 / ISBN 13: 9780262130431

Published by MIT, 1969

Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.3. Seller Inventory # G0262130432I3N01

Synopsis:

Reissue of the 1988 Expanded Edition with a new foreword by Léon Bottou In 1969, ten years after the discovery of the perceptron -- which showed that a machine could be taught to perform certain tasks using examples -- Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert published Perceptrons, their analysis of the computational capabilities of perceptrons for specific tasks. As Léon Bottou writes in his foreword to this edition, "Their rigorous work and brilliant technique does not make the perceptron look very good." Perhaps as a result, research turned away from the perceptron. Then the pendulum swung back, and machine learning became the fastest-growing field in computer science. Minsky and Papert's insistence on its theoretical foundations is newly relevant. Perceptrons -- the first systematic study of parallelism in computation -- marked a historic turn in artificial intelligence, returning to the idea that intelligence might emerge from the activity of networks of neuron-like entities. Minsky and Papert provided mathematical analysis that showed the limitations of a class of computing machines that could be considered as models of the brain. Minsky and Papert added a new chapter in 1987 in which they discuss the state of parallel computers, and note a central theoretical reaching a deeper understanding of how "objects" or "agents" with individuality can emerge in a network. Progress in this area would link connectionism with what the authors have called "society theories of mind."

About the Author: The late Marvin L. Minsky was Donner Professor of Science in MIT's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department.

The late Seymour A. Papert was a Professor in MIT's AI Lab (1960--1980s) and MIT's Media Lab (1985--2000) and the author of Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideas.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Perceptrons: An Introduction to ...
Publisher: MIT
Publication Date: 1969
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket