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One Jump Ahead: Computer Perfection at Checkers

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Description for One Jump Ahead: Computer Perfection at Checkers Paperback.
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 ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
585
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387765754
SKU
V9780387765754
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Ref
99-15

About Jonathan Schaeffer
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, ... Read more

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