Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780136042594
Author: Stuart Russell, Peter Norvig
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Chapter 5, Problem 1E

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Algorithm for finding optimal move

  • The translation uses the model of the opponent to fill in the opponent’s actions leaving the actions to be determined by the search algorithm.
  • The search problem is given by

    Initial state: P(S0) where S0 is the initial game state. P can be applied as the opponent may play first.

  Actions: defined as in the game by ACTIONSs.

  Successor function: RESULT′(s, a) = P(RESULT(s, a))

  Goal test: goals are terminal states

   Step cost: the cost of an action is zero.

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