CSC 8520 Resources

Lisp Resources

Common LISP: The Language, 2nd ed. A good book if you want to have the whole LISP language at your fingertips. Each function's discussion is reasonably detailed, but you won't find many examples of how to use the functions. Also available online.
LispWorks Personal Edition A good freeware version of LispWorks' commercial product for Windows, Unix, and Mac OS X platforms. Requires 64MB of memory and about 60MB disk space. Make sure you also download the online help installer.

Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp" Introduces LISP via re-implementations of classic AI programs. It has many examples and a nice emphasis on efficiency issues in LISP coding.

WWW Resources

comp.lang.lisp newsgroup
CLTL2 online version
CLTL2 tar'ed gzipped website for installation on your own PC.

AI Resources

AI Resource List - A *HUGE* collection of AI links, maintained by Stuart Russell as a complement to his book, "Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach."

Texas Hold'em Resources

Note: The following links are provided only for information about poker hands that may prove useful
in designing a Tex Hold'em agent; their inclusion here should not be viewed as any endorsement by myself
or Villanova of any products or gaming groups that may be associated with these sites.

Rules of Texas Hold'em - This site provides a comprehensive description of the rules of Texas Hold'em.
Poker Syte - This page provides qualitative descriptions of the chances of various starting hands.

Last modified: 8/September/2006