Discovering Complex Othello Strategies through Evolutionary Neural Networks

Connection Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 1995, Pages 195-210

  Moriarty, David E ^a   Miikkulainen, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Game playing; marker based encoding; neuro evolution; Othello

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844502480     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540099550039228     Document Type: Article

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