One jump ahead
Subtitle: computer perfection at checkers
By: Jonathan Schaeffer.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 585
ISBN-13: 9780387765754
Subjects: Chinook (Computer file); Computer checkers
Description: "Depicts the creation of the world champion checkers computer program, Chinook. This book details the mistakes and technical problems made and the lessons learned in the continuous effort to improve Chinook's performance, revealing the human factor behind the program's design"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Originally published: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-551) and index.