AI + Java

[canardo]

Ok for my final year project I am considering doing some sort of basic AI project (I am good at maths and the stats stuff doesnt bother me) in either prolog (never touched it yet have done a lot of ADA though) or if possible Java

just wondering if anyone could recommend some books that show more how the principles are applied in code as all the ones I have read so far deal with the psychology of it all

Thanks

[molacka]

Prolog's a pure OO language, but a bit of nightmare to actually get it to produce a good output. I would go with Java if I were you, I managed to get a good dissertation out of the Java project I did.
What sort of AI are you considering, ant searchs, nueral nets, etc?

When I get home I'll dig out my notes from last year for 'intelligent systems' and Prolog

[graham.edmon]

Originally posted by molacka
Prolog's a pure OO language,

I have to say that Prolog in its native form is not an Object Oriented Language at all, you can get an extension for it that gives it some OO functionality.

see

http://www.trinc-prolog.com/pages/whatisprolog.php3

[canardo]

well not 100% sure had a couple of ideas

the only reason I am considering it is because we have to teach ourselves something new it looks quite intresting and The supervisor for AI I get on with

couple of ideas I have had
* Galaxians type thing where the aliens learn
* ANN for some sort of prediction of stats from a database
* tailored learning aid

any ideas much appreciated ( For any comp sci dissertation type project as I want to do as much as I can over the summer whislt I am free from uni work)