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Introduction -- 1.Asymmetric laser beams -- 2.Ince-Gaussian beams -- 3.New type of Laguerre-Gaussian beams -- 4.New type of Bessel-Gaussian beams -- 5.Superposition of helical laser beams -- 6.Orbital angular momentum of helical laser beams -- Conclusion

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Book 1 Understanding AI Foundations -- Chapter 1 Delving into What AI Means -- Defining the Term AI -- Discerning intelligence -- Examining four ways to define AI -- Acting humanly -- Thinking humanly -- Thinking rationally -- Acting rationally -- Reviewing AI categories -- Understanding the History of AI -- Considering AI Uses -- Avoiding AI Hype and Overestimation -- Defining the five tribes and the master algorithm -- Considering sources of hype -- Managing user overestimation -- Connecting AI to the Underlying Computer -- Chapter 2 Defining Data's Role in AI -- Finding Data Ubiquitous in This Age -- Using data everywhere -- Putting algorithms into action -- Using Data Successfully -- Considering the data sources -- Obtaining reliable data -- Making human input more reliable -- Using automated data collection -- Collecting data ethically -- Manicuring the Data -- Dealing with missing data -- Considering data misalignments -- Separating useful data from other data -- Considering the Five Mistruths in Data -- Commission -- Omission -- Perspective -- Bias -- Frame of reference -- Defining the Limits of Data Acquisition -- Considering Data Security Issues -- Understanding purposefully biased data -- Dealing with data-source corruption -- Handling botnets -- Chapter 3 Considering the Use of Algorithms -- Understanding the Role of Algorithms -- Examining what an algorithm does -- Planning and branching: Trees and nodes -- Extending the tree using graph nodes -- Traversing the graph -- Playing adversarial games -- Using local search and heuristics -- Discovering the Learning Machine -- Leveraging expert systems -- MYCIN: A beginning expert system

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