Volume 1
Foundations and System Components
German original title: Grundlagen und Systemkomponenten
Chapters 1–22
Foundations, models, data, retrieval and agentic systems.
In preparation
- Extent
- Chapters 1–22
- Pages
- 739 pages
- Of which
- 735 numbered
- Part of
- AI Engineering
Placement
Position in the series
Volume 1 is the first of two expository volumes and covers chapters 1 to 22.
AI Engineering appears as one work in three volumes: 38 chapters of exposition, supplemented by Appendix A along with exercises and complete solutions. 1,649 pages in total, with 260 diagrams and 200 tables.
Figures from Volume 1
Components in concert
Volume 1 does not develop the technical components in isolation. Two figures show how they work together in a production system.
Reference architecture for production AI systems
Volume 1 does not develop the technical components in isolation. The reference architecture shows how they act together in a production AI system.
RAG — knowledge pipeline
Retrieval-augmented generation is one example of how data sources turn into controlled, usable context for a generated answer.
Other volumes
The remaining volumes
Status
In preparation
Details on publication and availability will appear here once settled. Enquiries from libraries, technical press and about rights are welcome in the meantime.
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