2nd Game Programming Workshop


Date

23-25 September, 1995

Place

Hakone Seminar House
845 Sengoku-bara, Hakone, Ashigara-shimo-gun, Kanagawa, JAPAN

Sponsorship

Computer Shogi Association

Co-sponsorship

Japan Computer Go Association


Program

Sat, 23 September,1995

13:15 - 14:00 (chair: Noriaki Sanechika (ETL))

An Experimental Study on Computer GO (S)

Hiroshi Kawata (Kinki University)


Knowledge Collection in Playing Go (S)

Makoto Yoshida (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology), Kei Maruyama, Masao Maruyama, Eiichi Hayakawa, Mitarou Namiki and Nobumasa Takahashi


Implementation of a Go playing system using LANKA
(a language for describing knowledge in the game of Go) (S)

Masao Maruyama (Kisarazu National College of Technology), Makoto Yoshida, Kei Maruyama, Eiichi Hayakawa, Mitarou Namiki and Nobumasa Takahashi

14:30 - 15:30 (chair: Noriaki Sanechika (ETL))

Unconditional Death in Tsumego (L)

Shigeru Kondo (Gunma University), Kensuke Shimizu (Gunma University), Takeshiro Yoshikawa (Yoshikawado Co.Ltd.)


Applicability of KPV method to IGO (L)

Morihiko Tajima and Noriaki Sanechika (Electrotechnical Laboratory)

16:00 - 17:00 (chair: Takumi Itoh (NTT Software Lab.))

Experiment on generation of a evaluation function using neural network in Shogi (L)

H. Tokuda and Y. Kotani (Tokyo Univ of Agri & Tech)


Prediction of an opponent's move using opponent's time effectively (S)

Masayuki Fujii, Hiroyuki Iida and Yoshiyuki Kotani (Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology)


Some considerations on Next-move tests of Shogi (S)

Hitoshi Matsubara and Hiroyuki Iida (Electrotechnical Laboratory)

Sun, 24 September

09:15 - 10:30 (chair: Yasuki Saito(NTT Basic Research Lab.))

Accessing GO and Computer Go Resources on the Internet (S)

Jay Burmeister (Univ. of Queensland, Australia)


The Integration of Cognitive Knowledge into Perceptual Representations in Computer Go (L)

Jay Burmeister, Janet Wiles, Helen Purchase (Univ. of Queensland, Australia)


The Representation of Computer Go Components with Object-Oriented Concept (L)

Don Han Lee (Kyungdong Jr. Univ., Korea), Hyun Soo Park, Chong Cheol Lee

11:00 - 12:00 (chair: Morihiko Tajima(ETL))

Perception in Tsume-Go under 3 sec. Time Pressure (L)

Atsushi Yoshikawa, Yaski Saito (NTT Basic Reaserch Lab.)


Multi Agent model for the game of Go (S)

Norihiko SANECHIKA and Morihiko TAJIMA (Electrotechnical Laboratory)


Do Go Players think in words ? - interim report of the analysis of GO player's protocols - (S)

Yasuki Saito (NTT Basic Research Lab.), Atsushi Yoshikawa

13:00 -14:15 (chair: Hiroyuki Iida(ETL))

Invited Talk

COMPUTER CHESS: sate of art; lessons for computer go and shogi

Jos Uijerwijk (Limburg Univ, The Netherlands)

14:45 - 15:30 (chair: Yoshiyuki Kotani(Tokyo Univ. of Agri. and Tech.))

Tutorial Lecture

Programs which solve Tsume-Shogi problems

Takumi Itoh (NTT Software Lab.)

16:00 -17:00 (chair: Kohei Noshita)

Application of Conspiracy number to Tsume shogi solver (L)

Masahiro Seo (Matsushita Corp.)


An approach to tsume-shogi: Applying Proof-number search with estimation Function of mating (S)

Seiichi Tanaka, Hiroyuki Iida and Yoshiyuki Kotani(Tokyo Univ. of Agri. and Tech.)


Which moves should be pruned -- Classification of Shogi Moves and Ratio of Played Moves (S)

Yoshiyuki Kotani and Hiroyuki Iida(Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Tech.)

Mon, 25 September

09:00 - 10:30 (chair: Yasuki Saito(NTT Basic Research Lab.))

A Speculative Play From the Grandmaster's View (L)

Hiroyuki Iida (ETL), Hitoshi Matsubara, Koichi Okamoto


Patten Matching in a Go Playing Program (L)

Richard J.Lorentz (California State Univ., U.S.A.)


Situation Judgement in the Game og Go based on Influence (L)

Min Ho Kwak (Kyungpook National Univ.,Korea), Jung Wooc Lee, Jong Kook Lee,and Hang Joon Kim

11:00 - 12:00 (chair: Kenji Koyama(NTT Communication Science Lab.))

A Search Method Taking Mis-evaluation into Account and Static Position Evaluation (L)

Keisuke Nishijima, Shiro Ogata, Yoneharu Fujita (Oita University)


Calculation of static evaluation function by multiple regression analysis (L)

Kohji Horita, Yasuyuki Kobayashi (Shimane Univ.)


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