Preface -- Towards a Characterization -- Part I, Basics -- 1. Programming Primer -- 2. Shortest Paths -- 3. Sorting -- 4. Deep Learning -- 5. Monte-Carlo Search -- Part II, Big Data -- 6. Graph data -- 7. Multimedia Data -- 8. Network Data -- 9. Image Data -- 10. Navigation Data -- Part III, Research Areas -- 11. Machine Learning -- 12. Problem Solving -- 13. Card Game Playing -- 14. Action Planning -- 15. General Game Playing -- 16. Multiagent Systems -- 17. Recommendation and Configuration Part IV, Applications -- 18. Adversarial Planning -- 19. Model Checking -- 20. Computational Biology -- 21. Logistics -- 22. Additive Manufacturing -- 23. Robot Motion Planning -- 24. Industrial Production -- 25. Further Application Areas. - Index and References.