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ICGA Journal - Volume 35, issue 4

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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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Table of Contents / Editorial

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35401

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 193-194, 2012

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On the Difficulty of Nonograms

Authors: Batenburg, K. Joost | Kosters, Walter A.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: Nonograms are a popular type of logic puzzles, where a pixel grid has to be filled with black and white pixels, based on a description that indicates the lengths of the consecutive black segments for each row and column. While the Nonograms that can be found in puzzle books can typically be solved by applying a series of highly local reasoning steps regarding single rows and columns, the general Nonogram problem is NP-hard. In this article, we explore the difficulty distributions for puzzles between these two extremes. After defining several difficulty measures and subclasses, we analyze the frequencies of various … Show more

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35402

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 195-205, 2012

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Computing Deep Perft and Divide Numbers for Checkers

Authors: Bik, Aart J.C.

Article Type: Research Article

Abstract: The perft method, originating from the chess programming community, has become a widespread way to test the correctness and performance of move generators. Although its usefulness diminishes with depth, computing deep perft numbers poses an interesting computational challenge by itself. This paper presents perft and corresponding divide numbers for American checkers up to depth 28 together with background on the distributed implementation used to compute deep numbers.

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35403

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 206-213, 2012

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Havannah – The Old Man and the C’s

Authors: Althöfer, Ingo

Article Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35404

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 214-219, 2012

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From Computer Games to a Global Brain

Authors: Levy, David

Article Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35405

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 220-224, 2012

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Information for Contributors

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35406

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 225-225, 2012

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INVADER wins Amazons Tournament

Authors: de Koning, Johan

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35408

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 226-227, 2012

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The 16 th Computer Olympiad (Part 3)

Authors: van den Herik, Jaap | Plaat, Aske | Hellemons, Johanna

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35407

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 226-226, 2012

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Results of Other Tournaments

Authors: van den Herik, Johan | Hellemons, Joke

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35409

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 227-229, 2012

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Human vs. Machine Go Competition in IEEE WCCCI 2012

Authors: Lee, Chang-Shing | Wang, Mei-Hui | Teytaud, Olivier | Yen, Shi-Jim

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35410

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 230-235, 2012

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The Computer Go Tournament in TCGA 2012

Authors: Lin, Ching-Nung | Yen, Shi-Jim

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35411

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 236-238, 2012

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The CIG’12 MS Pac-Man vs. Ghosts Competition

Authors: Pepels, Tom

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35412

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 239-240, 2012

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The Havannah Challenge

Authors: Krabbenbos, Jan | van der Valk, Ton

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35413

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 241-247, 2012

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The 16 th Annual World Computer-Bridge

Authors: Levy, Al

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35414

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 248-250, 2012

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LUDI wins 9 th Annual “Humies” Award

Authors: Browne, Cameron

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35415

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 251-252, 2012

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Thanks to Michael Buro, Ken Chen, and Hans Kuijf

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35416

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 253-253, 2012

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Welcome to Ingo Althöfer, Cameron Browne, and Guy Haworth

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35417

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 254-255, 2012

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Announcement of the Yokohama Events

Article Type: Other

DOI: 10.3233/ICG-2012-35418

Citation: ICGA Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 255-255, 2012

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