An active symbols theory of chess intuition

Minds and Machines

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-181

  Linhares, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Active symbols; Artificial intelligence; Chess; Cognitive modeling; Psychology of intuition

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEARCH ENGINES;

ACTIVE SYMBOLS; CHESS; COGNITIVE MODELING; PSYCHOLOGY OF INTUITION;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 23944505475     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-005-5045-7     Document Type: Article

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