Rauch-Hindin discusses how artifical intelligence (AI) differs from traditional programs and the strategies and problems of bringing AI into an organization. She explains how systems with specialized problem-solving expertise work, and how to build one using AI application development tools. She also covers a number of real-world AI applications in industry, business and finance, science, medicine and engineering; AI programming languages; the different types of computer hardware that can run AI systems; and the underlying concepts and potential of state-of-the-art expert systems for automated programming. ISBN 0-13-368770-8 (pbk.): $28.95.