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Heuristic Evaluation Functions

Heuristic Evaluation Function is a computational method in game-playing AI that estimates the expected utility of a game state by combining domain-specific knowledge with approximate rules to guide search, distinguishing it from exact evaluation techniques through its reliance on informed guessing rather than complete analysis.

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Tabu Search—Part II

Fred Glover · INFORMS Journal on Computing · 1990 · 5.6K citations

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A general reinforcement learning algorithm that masters chess, shogi, and Go through self-play

David Silver, Thomas Hubert, Julian Schrittwieser et al. · Science · 2018 · 3.5K citations · Full text

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Mastering Chess and Shogi by Self-Play with a General Reinforcement Learning Algorithm

David Silver, Thomas Hubert, Julian Schrittwieser et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2017 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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Filtered beam search in scheduling†

Peng Si Ow, Thomas E. Morton · International Journal of Production Research · 1988 · 386 citations

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VFH/sup */: local obstacle avoidance with look-ahead verification

Iwan Ulrich, J. Borenstein · 2002 · 384 citations

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Authors

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  1. YB
    Yngvi Björnsson

    Reykjavík University, Iceland

    4 publications · 531 citations

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  2. DS
    David Silver

    Google DeepMind (United Kingdom), United Kingdom

    4 publications · 4.8K citations

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  3. MH
    Mark H. M. Winands

    Maastricht University, Netherlands

    4 publications · 144 citations

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  4. RE
    Richard E. Korf

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    3 publications · 257 citations

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  5. IB
    Ivan Bratko

    University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    3 publications · 46 citations

    3

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Institutions

249

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    763 citations

  3. Maastricht University

    Maastricht, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    474 citations

  4. Reykjavík University

    Reykjavik, Iceland

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    382 citations

  6. University of Iceland

    Reykjavik, Iceland

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    314 citations

  7. Universitat de Lleida

    Lleida, Spain

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    228 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    249 citations

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  2. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

    Conference · 5 publications · 162 citations

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  3. Universal Access in the Information Society

    4 publications · 102 citations

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  4. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

    JAIR · 4 publications · 282 citations

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