SELF-PLAY, DEEP SEARCH AND DIMINISHING RETURNS

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Heinz, Ernst A.^{; 1}

Affiliations: Cambridge, USA

Note: [1] M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (Room NE 43 – 228), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 545 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Email: [email protected]. WWW = http://supertech.lcs.mit.edu/~heinz/

Abstract: Over the years, the research inspired by and/or closely related to Ken Thompson’s pioneering self-play experiments with his chess machine BELLE in the early 1980s provided many valuable insights and controversial topics for discussion in computer game-playing. This brief survey of the field demonstrates the fertility of Thompson’s original work. The overview includes a quick summary of the author’s own latest self-play experiment, also seeded by Thompson 20 years ago.

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2001-24205

Journal: ICGA Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 75-79, 2001