One Jump Ahead Computer Perfection at Checkers /
The new edition of this extraordinary book depicts the creation of the world champion checkers computer program, Chinook. In only two years, Chinook had become a worthy opponent to the world champion, and within four years had defeated all the world's top human players. Jonathan Schaeffer, the...
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Boston, MA :
Springer US,
2009.
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76576-1 |
Table of Contents:
- I Cant Lose
- The Opening Game: This Was Going To Be Easy
- Bottomless Well
- The Middle Game: Valuable Lessons
- The Illusion of Intelligence
- A Nobel Turing Trio
- Didnt Samuel Solve That Game?- The Case for the Prosecution
- As Close to Perfection As Humanly Possible
- You Look Like a Checkers Player
- The Fudge Factor
- I Feel Like a Teenager Again
- Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
- Trust Me
- A Wake-Up Call
- Prelude to Disaster
- Programmed by God
- Divine Intervention
- Dissension Among the Ranks
- Home Away From Home
- Its a Draw!- Let Me Suggest the Unthinkable
- The End Game: Gentlemens Agreement
- Im Ready to Go
- The Game Score: As Good As God
- The Final Frontier
- Quiet Satisfaction
- As Close to Perfection as Computationally Possible
- I Know I Can 't Lose
- Past and Present
- The Game Players: Sluicing for Gold by Robert Lake
- A Long Journey by Paul Lu
- Recollections and Reflections by Norman Treloar
- Personal Recollections by Martin Bryant
- Solving the Problem of a Checkers Solving Program by Neil Burch
- Checkered Past by Rebecca Schaeffer
- Checkered Out by Step Schaeffer
- The Game Stats: Appendix A: Further Reading
- Appendix B: Tinsleys Record
- Appendix C: CHINOOKs Record
- Appendix D: CHINOOK Technical Specifications
- Appendix E: TinsleyCHINOOK games
- Appendix F: Proof Statistics.