Comment are those problems NP? (Score 0) 414
Sound like NP. If they are, and if the boy's solution is deterministic, it will be huge.
start at your school library. Search a few AI books and read a few pages.
I bet your school has access to ACM and IEEE database. You will find good AI papers there too.
If you still want to buy something, try "Machine Learning" by Tom Mitchell. I think it fits for what you are looking for (lot of theoretical stuff, with pseudo code, and tons of references).
What I do have is a feel for problems. I know what's broken before other people, and I know what do to (or, more often, where to find what to do) to fix it....
You are able to do that because you have strong background in Math and CS?
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