Fortune Unbound in Othello

Fortune Teller

In this paper, we document the development of a learning algorithm that rates the popularity of a song on a scale of 0 to 5, using a carefully chosen set of musical features. Along with personal interest, the main motivation is to be able to help both the artists and label/advertisement companies in the music industry. We considered two different datasets (MP3 and MSD) and we tried to mitigate ...

Race and ethnicity in Othello

Othello was written at a particular moment in history when the European construction of the ‘other’ was moving from a medieval to a modern paradigm. This involved a shift from religion to race and colour as the key signifiers of difference. In other words, Othello was written at a time when modern racial ideology and racial prejudice as we know them were coming into being but were not yet fully...

Machine Learning of Othello Heuristics

The machine learning algorithm of [3] is applied to the problem of learning which heuristics to apply when playing the board game Othello. The problem is large, for there are 46,875 heuristics considered. The results are respectable; the Learner is able to beat a practiced human player approximately fifty percent of the time. Suggestions for improvement are included.

Othello syndrome in patients with Parkinson's disease.

BACKGROUND Othello syndrome (OS) is an organic delusional disorder with prevailing jealousy symptoms presumably appearing as side effect of antiparkinsonian therapy. The clinical spectrum of psychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease (PD) is very wide, including symptoms of depression and anxiety, hallucinations, delusions, with prevalent paranoid symptoms, agitation, delirium and sleep disord...

The Evolution of Strong Othello