Computers, Chess, and Cognition

Marsland, T (edited). Anthony; Schaeffer (edited), Jonathan; Thompson, Ken (foreword)

ISBN 10: 0387974156 / ISBN 13: 9780387974156

Published by Springer-Verlag, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Barcelona, 1990

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First Edition / First Print (number line on copyright page 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Hardback copy in pictorial boards, no dustjacket. 323pp. 97 b/w illustrations throughout. Not library copy, name in ink to ffep, light marks to boards. (55/7).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Computers, Chess, and Cognition
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag, New York, Berlin, Heidelberg, London, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Barcelona
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0387974156
• ISBN 13: 9780387974156
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Computers, Chess, and Cognition presents an excellent up-to-date description of developments in computer chess, a rapidly advancing area in artificial intelligence research. This book is intended for an upper undergraduate and above level audience in the computer science (artificial intelligence) community. The chapters have been edited to present a uniform terminology and balanced writing style, to make the material understandable to a wider, less specialized audience. The book's primary strengths are the description of the workings of some major chess programs, an excellent review of tree searching methods, discussion of exciting new research ideas, a philosophical discussion of the relationship of computer game playing to artificial intelligence, and the treatment of computer Go as an important new research area. A complete index and extensive bibliography makes the book a valuable reference work. The book includes a special foreword by Ken Thompson, author of the UNIX operating system.