# Inference Engineering — Book Structure

- **Author**: Philip Kiely
- **Format**: PDF
- **PDF pages**: 259 (cover image on p.1; blank pages 2, 10 and others are layout spacers)
- **Reading order**: 11 sections. Chapter-01 is the unnumbered Preface; Chapter-02 is the book's "Chapter 0", so reading number = book chapter + 2 (Chapter-09 = book Chapter 7). Appendices A and B are Chapter-10 and Chapter-11. Bookmark page numbers equal PDF page numbers.

| Reading chapter | PDF pages | Section title |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chapter-01-Preface | 11–16 | Preface |
| Chapter-02-Inference | 17–24 | Chapter 0: Inference |
| Chapter-03-Prerequisites | 25–40 | Chapter 1: Prerequisites |
| Chapter-04-Models | 41–72 | Chapter 2: Models |
| Chapter-05-Hardware | 73–94 | Chapter 3: Hardware |
| Chapter-06-Software | 95–118 | Chapter 4: Software |
| Chapter-07-Techniques | 119–154 | Chapter 5: Techniques |
| Chapter-08-Modalities | 155–178 | Chapter 6: Modalities |
| Chapter-09-Production | 179–210 | Chapter 7: Production |
| Chapter-10-Appendix-A-Inference-Glossary | 211–232 | Appendix A: Inference Glossary |
| Chapter-11-Appendix-B-Recommended-Reading | 233–258 | Appendix B: Recommended Reading |

## Source Text Index
Extracted from `source-file.pdf` by `tools/split_book.py`. Read these instead of the PDF.

| Folder | Section | PDF pages | Pages without extractable text |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Front-Matter | Front matter (cover, title, contents) | 1–10 | 1 (cover image), 2, 10 |
| Chapter-01-Preface | Preface | 11–16 | none |
| Chapter-02-Inference | Chapter 0: Inference | 17–24 | 18 |
| Chapter-03-Prerequisites | Chapter 1: Prerequisites | 25–40 | 26, 40 |
| Chapter-04-Models | Chapter 2: Models | 41–72 | 42, 72 |
| Chapter-05-Hardware | Chapter 3: Hardware | 73–94 | 74, 94 |
| Chapter-06-Software | Chapter 4: Software | 95–118 | 96, 118 |
| Chapter-07-Techniques | Chapter 5: Techniques | 119–154 | 120, 154 |
| Chapter-08-Modalities | Chapter 6: Modalities | 155–178 | 156 |
| Chapter-09-Production | Chapter 7: Production | 179–210 | 180 |
| Chapter-10-Appendix-A-Inference-Glossary | Appendix A: Inference Glossary | 211–232 | 212, 232 |
| Chapter-11-Appendix-B-Recommended-Reading | Appendix B: Recommended Reading | 233–258 | 234, 258 |
| Back-Matter | Acknowledgements | 259 | none |

All 259 pages are covered exactly once. The listed blank pages are layout spacers (chapter-opener backs), not lost figures. Figures inside chapters may still be images the text lost; check the PDF page only if asked.