A.I. in Board Games
Bachelor Thesis
A.I. in board games
Aron Lindberg, s042422
Technical University of Denmark
Informatics and Mathematical Modelling Thesis tutored by Thomas Bolander August 19, 2007
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In this thesis, a board game named Kolibrat is implemented in the Objective-C programming language and Apple Computers Cocoa API. Besides from documenting this work, the thesis focus on the development of artificial players.
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I denne afhandling bliver et brætspil Kolibrat implementeret i programmerings sproget Objective-C og Apple Computers Cocoa API. Udover at dokumenterer dette arbejde fokuserer denne afhandling p˚ arbejdet med a udviklingen af kunstigt intelligente spillere.
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1 Preface 1.1 Preconditions . . . . 1.2 Aims and limitations 1.2.1 Limitations . 1.3 Structure of thesis . 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 11 16 16 18 19 20 20 20 23 25 27
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2 Game Development 2.1 Concept design . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1 Graphical user interface 2.1.2 Game Controller . . . . 2.1.3 Game Engine . . . . . . 2.1.4 Players . . . . . . . . . 2.2 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 Flow control . . . . . . 2.2.2 GUI implementation . . 2.3 Game Implementation . . . . . 2.3.1 Class details . . . . . . 2.3.2 Kolibrat flow diagrams . 2.3.3 C data structures . . . . 2.4 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4.1 Test summery . . . . . .
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A.I. in board games
Aron Lindberg, s042422
Technical University of Denmark
Informatics and Mathematical Modelling Thesis tutored by Thomas Bolander August 19, 2007
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Abstract
In this thesis, a board game named Kolibrat is implemented in the Objective-C programming language and Apple Computers Cocoa API. Besides from documenting this work, the thesis focus on the development of artificial players.
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I denne afhandling bliver et brætspil Kolibrat implementeret i programmerings sproget Objective-C og Apple Computers Cocoa API. Udover at dokumenterer dette arbejde fokuserer denne afhandling p˚ arbejdet med a udviklingen af kunstigt intelligente spillere.
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1 Preface 1.1 Preconditions . . . . 1.2 Aims and limitations 1.2.1 Limitations . 1.3 Structure of thesis . 1 2 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 8 9 11 16 16 18 19 20 20 20 23 25 27
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2 Game Development 2.1 Concept design . . . . . . . . . 2.1.1 Graphical user interface 2.1.2 Game Controller . . . . 2.1.3 Game Engine . . . . . . 2.1.4 Players . . . . . . . . . 2.2 User Interface . . . . . . . . . . 2.2.1 Flow control . . . . . . 2.2.2 GUI implementation . . 2.3 Game Implementation . . . . . 2.3.1 Class details . . . . . . 2.3.2 Kolibrat flow diagrams . 2.3.3 C data structures . . . . 2.4 Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4.1 Test summery . . . . . .
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