Jeff Heaton - Artificial Intelligence for Humans, Volume 2: Nature-Inspired Algorithms

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Artificial Intelligence for Humans, Volume 2: Nature-Inspired Algorithms
August, 2014
Author: Jeff Heaton
Editor: Tracy Heaton
Technical Editor: Aaron Basil (Ethervision)
ISBN: 978-1499720570
Edition: 1.0

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