Derek Nalls wrote on Sat, May 24, 2008 02:16 PM UTC:
'... in Joker the source of indeterminism is much less subtle: it is
programmed explicitly.'
This renders Joker80 totally unsuitable for my playtesting purposes. [I
am just relieved that you told me this bizarre fact now before I invested
large amounts of computer time and effort.]
It is critically important that any AI program attempt (to its greatest
capability) to pinpoint the single, very best possible move in the time allowed upon every move in the game even if this means that it would
often-sometimes repeat an identical move from an identical position.
Do not you realize that forcing Joker80 to do otherwise must reduce its
playing strength significantly from its maximum potential?
