Jonathan Schaeffer: One Jump Ahead

Cover: 9780387765754 | One Jump Ahead | Computer Perfection at Checkers | Jonathan Schaeffer

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Beschreibung

It¿s hard to believe that it¿s been over a decade since One Jump Ahead: Challenging Human Supremacy at Checkers was published. I¿m delighted to have the oppor- nity to update and expand the book. The ?rst edition ended on a sad note and that was re?ected in the writing. It is now eleven years later and the project has come to a satisfying conclusion. Since its inception, the checkers project has consumed eighteen years of my life¿ twenty if you count the pre-CHINOOK and post-solving work. It¿s hard for me to believe that I actually stuck with it for that long. My wife, Steph, would probably have something witty to say about my obsessive behavior. Rereading the book after a decade was dif?cult for me. When I originally wrote One Jump Ahead, I vowed to be candid in my telling of the story. That meant being honest about what went right and what went wrong. I have been criticized for being hard on some of the characters. That may be so, but I hope everyone will agree that the person receiving the most criticism was, justi?ably, me. I tried to be balanced in the storytelling, re?ecting things as they really happened and not as some sanitized everyone-lived-happily-ever-after tale.

Über den Autor

The scientists who developed Chinook rigorously proved that Chinook can never lose, i.e. computer checkers has been solved. Author Schaeffer detailed the process on the web site of the journal Science in July 2007, and the story has since been reported in the Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, USA Today, Discover Magazine, as well as on MSNBC and CNN, among others.

Zusammenfassung

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 and the 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 in this unique software project, offering varying perspectives on the events

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Opening Game.- I Feel I Can't Lose.- ThisWas Going To Be Easy.- BottomlessWell.- The Middle Game.- 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.- DissensionWithin the Ranks.- Home Away From Home.- It's a Draw!.- Let Me Suggest the Unthinkable.- The End Game.- Gentlemen's Agreement.- I'm 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..- 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 Steph Schaeffer.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Genre:	Informatik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	xx 585 S.
ISBN-13:	9780387765754
ISBN-10:	0387765751
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	12078776
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Schaeffer, Jonathan
Auflage:	2nd ed. 2009
Hersteller:	Springer US Springer US, New York, N.Y.
Maße:	235 x 155 x 33 mm
Von/Mit:	Jonathan Schaeffer
Erscheinungsdatum:	13.11.2008
Gewicht:	0,908 kg

Artikel-ID: 101817980