by Zbigniew Michalewicz (Author), Leonardo Arantes (Author), Matthew Michalewicz (Author)

Few terms have captured our imagination in recent times like "Artificial Intelligence," and it now seems that everyone "knows" about AI; that everyone has an opinion. And yet, few people actually understand what Artificial Intelligence is and isn't, where the field came from and where it's heading, and how the technology can be harnessed to generate commercial outcomes.

Written for the modern-day business manager, this book examines Artificial Intelligence from the perspective of decision-making, because the quality of the decisions we make defines the quality of the future we create for ourselves and our organizations. In the same way that calculators have improved our ability to make better decisions-followed by spreadsheets, reporting tools, and countless other software applications-Artificial Intelligence is fast becoming the latest "calculator" to assist us, and one that happens to be particularly well-suited for the speed, noise, and complexity of the modern world...

Internationally renowned new technologies expert, Dr Zbigniew Michalewicz has published over 200 articles and 15 books on the subjects of business intelligence, predictive data mining, and optimisation. Leonardo Arantes is a dynamic sales and marketing professional, with a reputation for using creative problem-solving to take products to market and deliver on customer needs. Matt Michalewicz has more than 20 years of experience in starting and running high-growth tech companies, especially in the areas of machine learning, predictive analytics, and decision optimisation.