ACG
2009
Springer
14 years 2 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
14 years 2 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
14 years 2 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
14 years 2 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
14 years 2 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
14 years 2 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 ...
ACG
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2009
Springer
ACG
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2009
Springer
Abstract. Kakuro consists in filling a grid with integers that sum up to predefined values. Sums are predefined for each row and column and all integers have to be different in ...
ACG
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2009
Springer
Evaluating agents in decision-making applications requires assessing their skill and predicting their behaviour. Both are well developed in Poker-like situations, but less so in mo...
ACG
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2009
Springer