Claude Shannon

“I’ve always loved that word, Boolean.” Boolean Algebra and Digital Logic (2008)

Claude Shannon

eorge Boole lived in England during the time Abraham Lincoln was getting Ginvolved in politics in the United States. Boole was a mathematician and logician who developed ways of expressing logical...

Twins of different color (2008)

Will Fitzgerald, Will Fitzgerald, John Mccarthy, Marvin Minsky, Nathaniel Rochester, Claude Shannon

their beginnings in the mid-1950s, with no discernable interaction. The early AI researchers pursued a research programme that has led to a strong emphasis on rational action and cognition. As a...

EXPERT SYSTEMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT 243 EXPERT SYSTEMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT History of expert systems (2008)

Allen Newell, Herbert Simon, Claude Shannon

Expert systems are computer programs that can perform some task which typically requires the capabilities of a skilled human. These tasks are usually of a decision-making nature rather than physical...

Claude Shannon: scientist-engineer (2008)

Claude Shannon, Ronald Rousseau

In this article we present an overview of the life and work of Claude Shannon, who died begin 2001. Shannon is a pioneer in many fields of science. He introduced Boolean algebra in switching theory,...

A Mathematical Theory of (1948)

Claude Shannon, Noshirwan Petigara, Satwiksai Seshasai

A study of the style and context of his work up to the genesis of information theory. by Eugene Chiu, Jocelyn Lin, Brok Mcferron,