ACG
2009
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2009
Springer
Abstract. Monte-Carlo tree search, especially the UCT algorithm and its enhancements, have become extremely popular. Because of the importance of this family of algorithms, a deepe...
ACG
2009
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2009
Springer
Endgame heuristics are often incorperated as part of the evaluation function used in Chinese chess programs. In our program, Contemplation, we have proposed an automatic strategy t...
ACG
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2009
Springer
One of the main challenges with selective search extensions is designing effective move categories (features). This is a manual trial and error task, which requires both intuition...
ACG
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2009
Springer
ACG
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2009
Springer
Retrograde analysis is a tool for reconstructing a game tree starting from its leaves; with these techniques one can solve specific subsets of a complex game, achieving optimal pl...
ACG
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2009
Springer
Abstract. Games are considered important benchmark tasks of artificial intelligence research. Modern strategic board games can typically be played by three or more people, which m...
ACG
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2009
Springer
Abstract. We present a new exploration term, more efficient than classical UCT-like exploration terms. It combines efficiently expert rules, patterns extracted from datasets, All-M...
ACG
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2009
Springer
Abstract. Complete tablebases, indicating best moves for every position, exist for chess endgames. There is no doubt that tablebases contain a wealth of knowledge, however, mining ...
ACG
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2009
Springer
Abstract. Commercial games have various methods of game balancing, which modify the game’s entertainment value for players of different skill levels. This paper presents a way o...
ACG
2009
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2009
Springer
With 6-man Chess essentially solved, the available 6-man Endgame Tables (EGTs) have been scanned for zugzwang positions where, unusually, having the move is a disadvantage. Review ...