Many games display some kind of material symmetry. That is, some sets of game elements can be exchanged for another set of game elements, so that the resulting position will be equivalent to the original one, no matter how the elements were arranged on the board. Material symmetry is routinely used in card game engines when they normalize their internal representation of the cards. Other games ...

A new integrated estimation and guidance design approach is presented as a computationally effective procedure for interception of maneuvering targets. This is an adaptive approach that uses the following elements: banks of state estimators, and guidance laws, a maneuver detector for the onset of the target’s maneuver, and a hierarchical decision law for online selection of the estimator/guidan...

We apply genetic programming to the evolution of strategies for playing chess endgames. Our evolved programs are able to draw or win against an expert human-based strategy, and draw against CRAFTY—a world-class chess program, which finished second in the 2004 Computer Chess Championship.

ESA and NASA renewed interest on missions to Europa, Ganymede and Titan poses the question on how to best solve the Endgame problem. Endgames typically aim at a cheap insertion maneuver into the science orbit, and can be designed using either Vinfinity Leveraging Maneuvers (VILMs) or the Multi-Body dynamics. Although historically linked to insertion maneuvers, the endgame problem is symmetric a...

An Analysis of the Basketball Endgame: 
 When to Foul When Trailing and Leading ! Franklin H. J. Kenter Rice University Houston, TX, U.S.A., 77005 Email: [email protected] !! Abstract ! A common tactic near the end of a basketball game is for the trailing team to foul in order to gain an advantage by forcing the opponent to shoot free throws. While this tactic is widely used at almost ...

This article examines the depiction of environmental problem overpopulation in two Marvel films Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame through analysis character Thanos his Malthusian theory cornucopian thinking counterpart, The Avengers. investigates how these theories affect form subject what signal send relation to alternatives. It suggests that hinder contemplation all alternatives their altern...

This article has three chief aims: (1) To show the wide utility of multilinear algebraic formalism for high-performance computing. (2) To describe an application of this formalism in the analysis of chess endgames, and results obtained thereby that would have been impossible to compute using earlier techniques, including a win requiring a record 243 moves. (3) To contribute to the study of the ...