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ICGA Journal - Volume 10, issue 1

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ISSN 1389-6911 (P)
ISSN  2468-2438 (E)

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The ICGA Journal provides an international forum for computer games researchers presenting new results on ongoing work. The editors invite contributors to submit papers on all aspects of research related to computers and games. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: 

 
(1) the current state of game-playing programs for classic and modern board and card games
(2) the current state of virtual, casual and video games
(3) new theoretical developments in game-related research, and
(4) general scientific contributions produced by the study of games.

Also welcome is research on topics such as:
(5) social aspects of computer games
(6) cognitive research of how humans play games
(7) capture and analysis of game data, and
(8) issues related to networked games are invited to submit their contributions.
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Count Your Blessings

Authors: Herschberg, Bob | van den Herik, Jaap

Article Type: Editorial

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10101

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 1-2, 1987

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Ideas on Knowledge Synthesis Stemming from the KBBKN Endgame

Authors: Michie, Donald | Bratko, Ivan

Article Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10102

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 3-13, 1987

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How to Extract Relevant Knowledge from Grandmaster Games

Authors: Hartmann, Dap

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Evaluation functions of chess programs usually consist of different notions that are weighted, and added to yield one value that describes all the features of a given position in terms of material equivalents. In this paper, results are presented of the analysis of 62,965 positions that occurred in grandmaster games. Ten notions, some frequently used in evaluation functions, have been tested against these positions, and the results are shown as the average values of these notions for winners and losers separately. Also, the advantage of winners over losers by individual notion is shown. With this method, called the ‘Dap Tap’, … Show more

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10103

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 14-36, 1987

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KBBK Squeezed into a Micro

Authors: Zellner, Hans

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10104

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 37-39, 1987

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The KBBKN Statistics: New Data from Ken Thompson

Authors: van den Herik, H.J. | Herschberg, I.S.

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10105

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 39-40, 1987

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Reviews

Authors: Hartmann, Dap

Article Type: Book Review

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10106

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 41-42, 1987

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Experiments in Distributed Game-Tree Searching

Authors: Schaeffer, Jonathan

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10107

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 42-42, 1987

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A Performance Benchmarck of the Alpha-Bet a Procedure on Randomly Ordered Non-Uniform Depth-First Game-Trees Generated by a Chess Program

Authors: Wheeler, Stephen F.

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10108

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 43-43, 1987

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How Good Are the New Computers?

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10109

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 44-44, 1987

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Correction

Article Type: Correction

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10110

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 44-44, 1987

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Future Ideas for the ICCA

Authors: Levy, David

Article Type: News

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10111

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 45-46, 1987

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The Swedish Rating List

Authors: Grottling, Göran

Article Type: News

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10112

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 47-48, 1987

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Microcomputer Chess: Has It Reached a New Milestone?

Authors: Cracraft, Stuart

Article Type: News

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10113

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 49-51, 1987

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An ICCA Evaluation Function, or a Self-Referential Statement, or the Treasurer’s Report

Authors: Schaeffer, Jonathan

Article Type: News

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10114

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 52-54, 1987

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A Prize for Symbiosis

Authors: Althöfer, Ingo

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10115

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 55-55, 1987

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How the Journal Reaches You

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-1987-10116

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 56-57, 1987

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