It seems like only yesterday "the net" was something you could hang a printer on to share with your neighbors, if you were lucky. In this hybrid, the author describes Computer Intelligence (CI), a branch of Artificial Intelligence that seeks to enhance traditional business applications by giving computers the abilities to learn and evolve. The author steps through speech applications, including telephony and multimodal speech applications, data-mining predictions, the creation of an evolving database, and the use of an "agent" as part of the CI environment. She also prepares us for what is to come, which is doubtless far beyond those of us who once lusted for a printer can imagine. Annotation ฉ2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Creating Applications That Talk
Chapter 3 Telephony Applications
Chapter 4 Multimodal Speech Applications
Chapter 5 Data-Mining Predictions
Chapter 6 Applying Data-Mining Predictions
Chapter 7 An Evolving Database
Chapter 8 Building an Agent
Chapter 9 The Future of Enhanced Computing
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