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 originator and leader of the Chinook team, details the mistakes and technical problems made and the lessons learned in the continuous effort to improve Chinook's performance, revealing the human factor behind the program’s design. The development of Chinook begins in 1988 as an innocent question asked over lunch and is followed to the final match against then world champion, Marion Tinsley, and ultimately to its recent triumph, solving checkers. Schaeffer’s unwaveringly honest narrative features new anecdotes, updated material and technology descriptions, and additional photos and figures, providing an engrossing account of an obsessive quest to achieve perfection in computer checkers. An account of Chinook--the computer program that perfected checkers--updated and in softcover A must-read for those interested in artificial intelligence, software development andthe design of computer games Author is a world-renowned expert at the University of Alberta's GAMES Group New edition features accounts from key players inthis unique software project, offering varying perspectives on the events INDICE: I Can’t Lose.- The Opening.- This Was Going To Be Easy.- Bottomless Well.- The Middlegame: Valuable Lessons.- The Illusion of Intelligence.- A Nobel Turing Trio.- Didn’t 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.- It’sa Draw!- Let Me Suggest the Unthinkable.- The Endgame: Gentlemen’s Agreement.- I’m Ready to Go.- Game End.- As Good As God.- The Final Frontier.- As Close to Perfection as Computationally Possible.- Epilogue.- Appendix A: Further Reading.- Appendix B: Tinsley’s Record.- Appendix C: CHINOOK’s Record.- Appendix D: CHINOOK Technical Specifications.- Appendix E: Tinsley–CHINOOK games.
- ISBN: 978-0-387-76575-4
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 500
- Fecha Publicación: 01/09/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés