Paradigms of AI Programming is the first text to teach advanced Common Lisp techniques in the context of building major AI systems. By reconstructing authentic, complex AI programs using state-of-the-art Common Lisp, the book teaches students and professionals how to build and debug robust practical programs, while demonstrating superior programming style and important AI concepts. The author strongly emphasizes the practical performance issues involved in writing real working programs of significant size. Chapters on troubleshooting and efficiency are included, along with a discussion of the fundamentals of object-oriented programming and a description of the main CLOS functions. This volume is an excellent text for a course on AI programming, a useful supplement for general AI courses and an indispensable reference for the professional programmer.</p> Contents I: Introduction to Common Lisp 1. Introduction to Lisp 2. A Simple Lisp Program 3. Overview of Lisp II: Early AI Programs 4. GPS: The General Problem Solver 5. ELIZA: Dialog with a Machine 6. Building Software Tools 7. STUDENT: Solving Algebra Word Problems 8. Symbolic Mathematics: A Simplification Program III: Tools and Techniques 9. Efficiency Issues 10. Low Level Efficiency Issues 11. Logic Programming 12. Compiling Logic Programs 13. Object-Oriented Programming 14. Knowledge Representation and Reasoning IV: Advanced AI Programs 15. Symbolic Mathematics with Canonical Form 16. Expert Systems 17. Line-Diagram Labeling by Constraint Satisfaction 18. Search and the Game of Othello 19. Introduction to Natural Language 20. Unification Grammars 21. A Grammar of English V: The Rest of Lisp 22. Scheme: An Uncommon Lisp 23. Compiling Lisp 24. ANSI Common Lisp 25. Troubleshooting