Date

November 9-11, 2007

Place

Hakone Seminor House

Sponsorship

Information Processing Society of Japan

Friday, November 9

13:20-14:40

A Dynamic Margin for Futility Pruning

Yutaka Ito, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Junichi Hashimoto (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Learning Evaluation Functions by Comparison of Sibling Nodes

Tomoyuki Kaneko (University of Tokyo)

On Games and Fairness

Hiroyuki Iida (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

15:00-16:00

A Study on Implementing Parallel MC/UCT Algorithm

Hideki Kato, Ikuo Takeuchi (University of Tokyo)

Depth-First UCT and Its Application to Go

Haruhiro Yoshimoto (University of Tokyo), Akihiro Kishimoto (Future University-Hakodate), Tomoyuki Kaneko (University of Tokyo), Kazuki Yoshizoe (Chuo University)

16:20-17:20

Reinforcement Learning of Evaluation Functions Using Temporal Difference-Monte Carlo learning method

Yasuhiro Osaki, Kazutomo SHibahara, Yasuhiro Tajima, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

Improvement of UCT using evaluation function

Shugo Nakamura, Makoto Miwa, Takashi Chikayama (University of Tokyo)

Saturday, November 10

9:00-10:30

Method for Search Control Based on Information Content - Application for Singular Extension in Chess -

Shogo Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Kaneko, Kazunori Yamaguchi (University of Tokyo)

Df-pn Algorithm with Dynamic Widening

Kazuki Yoshizoe (Chuo University)

An analysis on TANHINMIN game

Junji Nishino (University of Electro-Communications)

10:50-11:50 Invited Talk

"Monte-Carlo Tree Search in Crazy Stone"

Remi Coulom (Universite Charles de Gaulle)

13:00-14:30

Learning of evaluation function in accord with game records in mahjong

Ryouhei Kitagawa, Makoto Miwa, Takashi Chikayama (University of Tokyo)

Learning Domination-Distance of Amazons Using Temporal Differences

Yoshihiro Ota, Reijer Grimbergen (Yamagata University)

A Solver of Infinity States Puzzles

Chikara Igarashi, Kazutomo Shibahara, Yasuhiro Tajima, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

A Proposal of the Concept "Solution Path" for Pencilpuzzle

Takashi Korekawa, Chikara Igarashi, Kazutomo Shibahara, Yasuhiro Tajima, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

14:50-15:50 Invited Talk

"Development of Embodied Skills through Meta-Cognitive Verbalization"

Masaki Miwa (Chuo University)

13:00-14:50

Generation of Candidate Moves using Move Probability Data of Each Coordinates in Go

Kenta Sasaki, Kazutomo Shibahara, Yasihiro Tajima, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

A Pairing System and Its Effectiveness in the World Computer Shogi Championships

Takenobu Takizawa (Waseda University)

Some Comparisons on the Game Design of Shogi

Yuichi Hiruta, Kazutomo Shibahara, Kazuyoshi Murata, Yasuhiro Tajima, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

Learning of Soccer Player Agents Using Policy Gradient Method - Wall Pass after Free Kicks and Pass Selection in a Full Game -

Harukazu Igarashi, Koji Nakamura, Hitoshi Fukuoka (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Seji Ishihara (Kinki University)

Building of a Middle Game Database for Shogi

Tomoyuki Takeda, Reijer Grimbergen (Yamagata University)

Solving an Opening Book of Othello and Consideration of Problem

Toru Ueda, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Junichi Hashimoto (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Improvements of Partially Position N-gram Method

Keita Sugiura, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto, Junichi Hashimoto (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Performance comparison with learning method of TD(lambda) and Bonanza

Tsuyoshi Tsukiji, Kazutomo Shibahara, Yasuhiro Tajima, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

The Best Strategy of Attack25

Haruki Noguchi, Toshiki Matsui, Shigetaka Komori, Junichi Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Hashimoto (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Implicit game record that was hidden in explicit game record

Takeshi Ito (University of Electro-Communications)

Multiple Parallel Search in Shogi

Keijirou Yanagi, Kazutomo Shibahara, Yasuhiro Tajima, Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

Sunday, November 11

9:00-10:00

Improving Strategic Play in Shogi by Using Move Sequence Trees

Reijer Grimbergen (Yamagata University)

Research about evaluation function similarities in chess-like games

Hiroshi Katayose, Reijer Grimbergen (Yamagata University)

Automatic position recognition method using image information in shogi

Teppei Kurita, Makoto Miwa, Takashi Chikayama (University of Tokyo)

10:20-11:40

Some Effects of Social Cues in Gaming

Ian Frank, Kazuya Mio (Future University-Hakodate)

Analysis of Human-generated Strategies in the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma Game

Hirotaka Osawa, Michita Imai (Keio University)

5x5 Shogi System which can Describe Knowledge Intuitively

Youhei Takizawa, Takeshi Ito (University of Electro-Communications)

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