Overview
- 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: sn.pub/extras
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Book Title: One Jump Ahead
Book Subtitle: Computer Perfection at Checkers
Authors: Jonathan Schaeffer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-76576-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-76575-4Published: 13 November 2008
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-76576-1Published: 16 December 2008
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XX, 585
Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Probability and Statistics in Computer Science, Pattern Recognition, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction