From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2004-12-11T04:54:04+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] Learning Tic-Tac-Toe (#11)

On Dec 10, 2004, at 1:42 PM, Brian Schr�der wrote:

> In this case, would a minimax-a/b algorithm be teaching the ai a 
> strategie?
> Tic-Tac-Toe is so shallow, it can be searched completely by 
> minimax-a/b, so
> this would be a one-page solution.

While you could argue that a minimax search has nothing to do with 
Tic-Tac-Toe strategy, I doubt you would convince me on the evaluation 
routine a minimax search requires.  Now if your program learns how to 
evaluate positions over time...

James Edward Gray II