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Record 1 1988-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
OBS

alpha-beta algorithm: it allows the minimax algorithm to skip searching large parts of a tree while still finding the same principal continuation.

CONT

In chess, a parent node always has a child that represents a position in which it is the other player's turn to move.... The alpha-beta method is a heuristic that can be used with many different games. Most often, however, a heuristic is confined to its specific game.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

En théorie des jeux et en résolution de problèmes, concept mettant en jeu deux variables (alpha et bêta) qui permettent d'élaguer l'arbre de recherche tout en cherchant la meilleure solution.

Spanish

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