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Software Framework for Generic Game Development in CGDG

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Advances in Intelligent Systems and Applications - Volume 1

Part of the book series: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies ((SIST,volume 20))

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In this paper, we propose a software framework for easily facilitating computer game developments. Using the software framework, the developers can easily implement game record editors for computer game AI analysis. Additionally, using the framework, the developers can easily design job-level (JL) search algorithm to dispatch jobs to workers of a desktop grid, named CGDG. Based on the framework, we successfully developed several record editors for many games, such as Connect6, Go, Chinese Chess, Mahjong, and also developed some JL search algorithms, such as JL proof number search (JL-PNS), JL Monte-Carlo tree search (JL-MCTS), JL alpha-beta search (JL-ABS). Most importantly, once a JL algorithm such as JL-PNS is implemented, it can be applied to all games. This demonstrates the excellence of this framework.

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    Hao-Yun Liu, I-Chen Wu, Ting-Fu Liao, Hao-Hua Kang & Lung-Pin Chen

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Liu, HY., Wu, IC., Liao, TF., Kang, HH., Chen, LP. (2013). Software Framework for Generic Game Development in CGDG. In: Chang, RS., Jain, L., Peng, SL. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Systems and Applications - Volume 1. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35452-6_24

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