Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 11:54:54 10/23/02
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On October 23, 2002 at 12:46:32, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >On October 23, 2002 at 01:58:12, Omid David wrote: > >>On October 23, 2002 at 01:57:29, Omid David wrote: >> >>>On October 23, 2002 at 00:26:28, Nagendra Singh Tomar wrote: >>> >>>>On October 22, 2002 at 17:28:35, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On October 22, 2002 at 03:53:33, Nagendra Singh Tomar wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Does anybody know if the book "How Computers play chess" by Dr Levy is still in >>>>>>print. I am not finding it at my place. >>>>>> >>>>>>tomar >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>It is way beyond out of date. You might try Schaeffer's book, or any of the >>>>>other >>>>>more recent books on computer chess.... >>>> >>>>Are you talking of "One Jump Ahead" by Jonathan Schaeffer ? >>>> >>>>But that is on checkers, Is'nt it ? >>>> >>>>regds >>>>tomar >>> >>>Computers, Chess, and Cognition, T.A. Marsland and J. Schaeffer (Eds.), pp. >>>111--130. Springer, ISBN 0-387-97415-6/3-540-97415-6. >> >>Sorry, remove the pp. > >Please see ==> http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/research/library/0-387-97415-6.php > Abstract from the Back Cover: >Computers, Chess, and Cognition is an excellent depiction of current >developments in computer chess, a rapidly advancing area of artificial >intelligence research. This volume, which traces historical highlights in the >field and reviews progress in research over the past two decades, encompasses >descriptions of the working of some major chess programs, discussions of >exciting new research ideas, an excellent review of tree searching methods, a >philosophical discussion of the relationship of computer game playing to >artificial intelligence, and an introduction to computer Go as an important new >research area. > >This book is intended for students and professionals in the computer science >community. The chapters have been carefully edited to enhance the volume's >appeal to a wide readership, and the inclusion of a complete index and extensive >bibliography make this book a valuable reference work. A foreward by Ken >Thompson, co-inventor of the UNIX operating system and author of the >World Champion Belle chess program, is included. > >This book has been written for telecommunications and data communications >professionals and students involved in design and performance evaluation of >communication networks and protocols. An interesting book. I will probably purchase and study it. The only possible turnoff is the copyright date; 1990. A lot has changed in the last twelve years. True? Bob D.
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