Encyclopedia of Artifical Intelligence_Juan Ramon Rabunal Dopico, Juan Ramon Rabunal Dopico, Julian Dorado De La Calle, Alejandro Pazos Sierra.pdf

Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence Juan Ramón Rabuñal Dopico University of A Coruña, Spain Julián Dorado de la Calle University of A Coruña, Spain Alejandro Pazos Sierra University of A Coruña, Spain Hershey • New York Information Sci Director of Editorial Content: Kristin Klinger Managing Development Editor: Kristin Roth Development Editorial Assistant: Julia Mosemann, Rebecca Beistline Senior Managing Editor: Jennifer Neidig Managing Editor: Jamie Snavely Assistant Managing Editor: Carole Coulson Typesetter: Jennifer Neidig, Amanda Appicello, Cindy Consonery Cover Design: Lisa Tosheff Printed at: Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Suite 200 Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.igi-global.com/reference and in the United Kingdom by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU Tel: 44 20 7240 0856 Fax: 44 20 7379 0609 Web site: http://www.eurospanbookstore.com Copyright © 2009 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, without written permission from the publisher. Product or company names used in this set are for identification purposes only. Inclusion of the names of the products or companies does not indicate a claim of ownership by IGI Global of the trademark or registered trademark. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Encyclopedia of artificial intelligence / Juan Ramon Rabunal Dopico, Julian Dorado de la Calle, and Alejandro Pazos Sierra, editors. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: "This book is a comprehensive and in-depth reference to the most recent developments in the field covering theoretical development