org.jscience.computing.game.checkers
Class CheckersPlayer

java.lang.Object
  org.jscience.computing.game.TemplatePlayer
      org.jscience.computing.game.checkers.CheckersPlayer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Player

public class CheckersPlayer
extends TemplatePlayer

AI for the CheckersGame

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.jscience.computing.game.TemplatePlayer

TemplatePlayer.MoveEvaluater, TemplatePlayer.Synchronizer

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.jscience.computing.game.TemplatePlayer

levelOverwrite, monitors, orderMoves, playerName, SEARCH_ALPHABETA, SEARCH_MINMAX, searchOption

Constructor Summary

CheckersPlayer()
Creates a new CheckersPlayer object.

CheckersPlayer(java.lang.String name)
Creates a new CheckersPlayer object.

Method Summary

boolean	canPlayGame(GamePlay game) DOCUMENT ME!
double	heuristic(GamePlay game, GameMove move, int[] role) seems effective for the opening, but not sufficiently discriminating in the end game
void	setRandomSeed(long seed) if seed = 0, randomization is disabled
java.lang.String	toString() DOCUMENT ME!

Methods inherited from class org.jscience.computing.game.TemplatePlayer

disableTracking, enableTracking, evaluate, evaluate, getLevelOverwrite, getMonitors, getOrderMoves, getPlayerName, getSearchOption, numberOfPositionsSearched, numberOfRequests, performanceRatio, pruneMove, selectMove, setLevelOverwrite, setOrderMoves, setPlayerName, setSearchOption, setTracking, statsAsString, totalTimeTaken, trackingEnabled

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CheckersPlayer

public CheckersPlayer()

Creates a new CheckersPlayer object.

CheckersPlayer

public CheckersPlayer(java.lang.String name)

Creates a new CheckersPlayer object.

Parameters:

name - DOCUMENT ME!

Method Detail

setRandomSeed

public void setRandomSeed(long seed)

if seed = 0, randomization is disabled

Parameters:

seed - DOCUMENT ME!

canPlayGame

public boolean canPlayGame(GamePlay game)

DOCUMENT ME!

Parameters:

game - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

heuristic

public double heuristic(GamePlay game,
                        GameMove move,
                        int[] role)

seems effective for the opening, but not sufficiently discriminating in the end game

Parameters:

game - DOCUMENT ME!

move - DOCUMENT ME!

role - DOCUMENT ME!

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!

See Also:

TemplatePlayer

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

DOCUMENT ME!

Overrides:

toString in class TemplatePlayer

Returns:

DOCUMENT ME!