Download or read book Beautiful Mates written by Ben P. Walls and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A synopsis of eminent computer chess programs reveal that they are designed around a 'brute force' approach. An argument is made that by continuing the 'brute force' search approach, computer chess development is moving away from human evaluation methods. Research is done into studies of evaluation methods, and a discovery is made that humans use a form of intuition, called their 'sense of beauty', to choose the best chess move. A paper by Margulies is cited which formulates principles of beauty which apply to chess. Three versions of a chess program are developed, using no heuristics, standard chess heuristics, and beauty heuristics formulated from Margulies principles. The performance of the three versions of the program are compared using chess puzzles, and rated for how quickly they find the solution, and how few nodes they evaluate. Graphs are produced from the results of these tests, showing that beauty heuristics are, on average, 15% faster at finding the solution, and evaluate 10% fewer nodes. An improvement is implemented in all versions of the program which biases the search towards better moves, resulting in the beauty heuristics success rising to an average of 25% faster to the solution, and evaluating 33% fewer nodes, than the other heuristics. It is concluded that the beauty heuristics are closer to the way that humans evaluate chess positions.

Download or read book Suguru Puzzle Books 400 Easy to Master Puzzles 6x6 written by Dart Veider and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suguru (also known as "Number Blocks") is a logic puzzle that has simple rules, but which provides sufficient challenges to satisfy the most enthusiastic solvers! The task consists of a rectangular or square grid divided into regions. Each region must be filled with each of the digits from 1 to the number of cells in the region. Cells with the same digits must not be orthogonally or diagonally adjacent. Even though the rules are simple, you will need all your skills to solve it.

Download or read book Sudoku Big Book Suguru 500 Easy Puzzles 9x9 Volume 16 written by Dart Veider and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suguru (also known as "Number Blocks") is a logic puzzle that has simple rules, but which provides sufficient challenges to satisfy the most enthusiastic solvers!The task consists of a rectangular or square grid divided into regions.Each region must be filled with each of the digits from 1 to the number of cells in the region.Cells with the same digits must not be orthogonally or diagonally adjacent.Even though the rules are simple, you will need all your skills to solve it. The puzzle books series contain: * 500 Easy Puzzles * Handy 6 x 9 inch Book Layout * 6 Puzzles per Page * Ideal for Beginners The book is for those who like logic and math problems. Decide, developing and improving.