com.antelmann.game.checkers
Class CheckersPlayer

java.lang.Object
  com.antelmann.game.TemplatePlayer
      com.antelmann.game.checkers.CheckersPlayer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Player, Serializable

public class CheckersPlayer
extends TemplatePlayer

AI for the CheckersGame

Author:

Holger Antelmann

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.antelmann.game.TemplatePlayer

TemplatePlayer.MoveEvaluater, TemplatePlayer.Synchronizer

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.antelmann.game.TemplatePlayer

levelOverride, monitors, orderMoves, playerName, SEARCH_ALPHABETA, SEARCH_MINMAX, searchOption

Constructor Summary

CheckersPlayer()

CheckersPlayer(String name)

Method Summary

boolean	canPlayGame(GamePlay game) canPlayGame() returns true only if the Player provides an applicable heuristic for the type of game given.
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
String	toString() overridden to return some information about the player

Methods inherited from class com.antelmann.game.TemplatePlayer

disableTracking, enableTracking, evaluate, evaluate, getlevelOverride, getMonitors, getOrderMoves, getPlayerName, getSearchOption, numberOfPositionsSearched, numberOfRequests, performanceRatio, pruneMove, selectMove, setlevelOverride, 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()

CheckersPlayer

public CheckersPlayer(String name)

Method Detail

setRandomSeed

public void setRandomSeed(long seed)

if seed = 0, randomization is disabled

canPlayGame

public boolean canPlayGame(GamePlay game)

Description copied from interface: Player

canPlayGame() returns true only if the Player provides an applicable heuristic for the type of game given. This way, a player can control whether it can a game.

 //Example:
 if (game instanceof MyGameClass) return true; else return false;
 // or:
 if (game.getClass() == myFavoriteGame.getClass()) return true; else return false;
 

heuristic

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

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

See Also:

TemplatePlayer

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: TemplatePlayer

overridden to return some information about the player

Overrides:

toString in class TemplatePlayer