One Jump Ahead Computer Perfection at Checkers /

• Main Author: Schaeffer, Jonathan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Mathematical statistics.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Computers.; Artificial intelligence.; Pattern recognition.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computing Methodologies.; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science.; Pattern Recognition.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.

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...