Department
Computer Science
Major
Computer Science
Research Advisor
Tauritz, Daniel
Advisor's Department
Computer Science
Abstract
The CS 347: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Al) class and the following Al versus human tournaments have shown that some testing of a game should be done before it is used as an educational vehicle, such as whether it provides a fair and challenging contest in a tournament. Until now, very little work has been done to study how well a game would perform in a tournament with both human and Al players before holding the tournament itself.
This research identifies several possible ways a game can be ill-suited to this class and/or tournament from previous experience and describes and utilizes a general test schema that can be applied to any turn-based two-player game to quantify a game's suitability in each of these respects.
Biography
Tim Coalson is a senior in Computer Science and is considering graduate studies on Artificial Intelligence (Al) or Evolutionary Algorithms. He grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated from Parkway North High School in 2004. He placed third with his Al submission in the Fa/12007 Al Tournament which featured the game Manca/a.
Research Category
Management and Information Systems
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Award
Management & Information Systems Poster Session - First Place
Location
Havener Center, Upper Atrium/Hallway
Presentation Date
9 April 2008, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Identifying Appropriate Games for the Missouri S& T Introduction to Artificial Intelligence Course & Tournament
Havener Center, Upper Atrium/Hallway
The CS 347: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (Al) class and the following Al versus human tournaments have shown that some testing of a game should be done before it is used as an educational vehicle, such as whether it provides a fair and challenging contest in a tournament. Until now, very little work has been done to study how well a game would perform in a tournament with both human and Al players before holding the tournament itself.
This research identifies several possible ways a game can be ill-suited to this class and/or tournament from previous experience and describes and utilizes a general test schema that can be applied to any turn-based two-player game to quantify a game's suitability in each of these respects.
