Questions tagged [combinatorial-games]

Use for games commonly understood as combinatorial (Chess, Checkers, Go, Tic-Tac-Toe, Hex, Domineering, NIM, etc.) or for any games studied for the purpose of **solving** the game. *(Initially reserved for non-chance games of perfect information, the scope of Combinatorial Game Theory expands as mathematics and computability advance. Thus, game involving randomness and hidden information, such as Poker, may be considered combinatorial games.)*

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What else can boost iterative deepening with alpha-beta pruning?

I read about minimax, then alpha-beta pruning, and then about iterative deepening. Iterative deepening coupled with alpha-beta pruning proves to quite efficient as compared to alpha-beta alone. I have ...
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Why isn't my Q-Learning agent able to play tic-tac-toe?

I tried to build a Q-learning agent which you can play tic tac toe against after training. Unfortunately, the agent performs pretty poorly. He tries to win but does not try to make me 'not winning' ...
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Can an AI learn how to play chess without instructions?

Can an AI learn to play chess if you give it nothing but "the goal is to win" as starting criteria? If not, what is the minimum information the AI would need to be "seeded" with in order to learn to ...
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