A knowledge based approach to planning in card games

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorEick, Christoph F.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRusinkiewicz, Marek
dc.contributor.committeeMemberFajtlowicz, Siemion B.
dc.creatorLo, Pai-Yen
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-22T20:17:41Z
dc.date.available2024-04-22T20:17:41Z
dc.date.issued1987
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research is to explore computational approaches to the planning in card games. Because of the complexity of the problem, the study was restricted to the Declarer playing in a NT-contract in Bridge. A program has been provided which simulates the planning process of a human player. It uses a knowledge based approach which encodes knowledge in form of rules and in form of plans. The program uses rules to select playing techniques for each suit held in the player's hand during static analysis and to guide a small tree search which confirms a particular technique is best. Once a technique is selected, the plans are used to construct the playing sequence of cards for this technique. The possibilities and limitations of the overall approach are discussed.
dc.description.departmentComputer Science, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginreformatted digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.other18572891
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/17034
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright but is made available here under a claim of fair use (17 U.S.C. Section 107) for non-profit research and educational purposes. Users of this work assume the responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing, or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires express permission of the copyright holder.
dc.subjectContract bridge--Data processing
dc.subjectCard games--Data processing
dc.subjectPlaying cards--Data processing
dc.titleA knowledge based approach to planning in card games
dc.type.dcmiText
dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
thesis.degree.departmentComputer Science, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

Files

Original bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
Lo_1987_18572891.pdf
Size:
3.22 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

Legacy Theses and Dissertations (1940-2009)