© Serge Kruk 2018
Serge KrukPractical Python AI Projectshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3423-5_1

1. Introduction

Serge Kruk1 
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Mathematics, Oakland University Mathematics, Rochester, Michigan, USA
 

1.1 What Is This Book About?

Artificial intelligence is a wide field covering diverse techniques, objectives, and measures of success. One branch is concerned with finding provably optimal solutions to some well-defined problems.

This book is an introduction to the art and science of implementing mathematical models of optimization problems.

An optimization problem is almost any problem that is, or can be, formulated as a question starting with “What is the best … ?” For instance,

  • What is the best route to get from home to work?

  • What is the best way to ...

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