A copy ? Yes, yes, I'd like a copy !
My snail mail address is: Gary Boos
26 North Road
Tillson, N. Y. 12486
FYI I also have access to MS Word and WordPerfect.
How much would I owe you ?
Gary
-----Original Message-----
From: julianr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <julianr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, November 15, 1999 6:53 PM
Subject: Re: computer-go: Possible inherent flaw in AI design/thinking?
>Jeff Massung wrote:
>>
>>
>> Has anyone written (or tried to write) a GO program that is goal oriented
on
>> any level (owning corners, capturing groups, or as general as winning the
>> game)? Because (even though I haven't been on the group long) it seems
that
>> most GO programs out there do simple board analysis and move choice based
on
>> it (like chess).
>
>
>Yes, speaking from a personal point of view, a student, Steve Willmott,
>doing a masters thesis here in Edinburgh University wrote a program
>which formulated plans for achieving goals in Go. Initial results were
>very encouraging, and the planning algorithm was quite ingenious. It
>really was a very good thesis. I was one of his supervisors, and
>presented a paper on the subject at the computers and games conference
>in Japan last year. I would be delighted to discuss the work with
>anyone interested. A copy of the paper is available from my web page at
>http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/staff/personal_pages/julianr/cg98_final.ps.gz
>
>An expanded version of the paper will appear in the Journal of
>Theoretical Computer Science. I can send you a copy if you are
>interested.
>
>Regards,
>
>Julian (4 kyuish)
>
>
>--
>Julian Richardson http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/~julianr/
>Mathematical Reasoning Group, Edinburgh University, Phone: +44 131 650 2720
>