• Minimax (sometimes Minmax, MM or saddle point) is a decision rule used in artificial intelligence, decision theory, combinatorial game theory, statistics...
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  • called Yao's minimax principle or Yao's lemma) relates the performance of randomized algorithms to deterministic (non-random) algorithms. It states that...
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  • A minimax approximation algorithm (or L∞ approximation or uniform approximation) is a method to find an approximation of a mathematical function that...
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  • Alpha–beta pruning (category Graph algorithms)
    Alpha–beta pruning is a search algorithm that seeks to decrease the number of nodes that are evaluated by the minimax algorithm in its search tree. It is an...
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  • Negamax (category Optimization algorithms and methods)
    Negamax search is a variant form of minimax search that relies on the zero-sum property of a two-player game. This algorithm relies on the fact that ⁠ min (...
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    artificial intelligence. Examples of algorithms for this class are the minimax algorithm, alpha–beta pruning, and the A* algorithm and its variants. An important...
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  • refer to: Minimax estimator, an estimator whose maximal risk is minimal between all possible estimators Minimax approximation algorithm, algorithms to approximate...
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  • Expectiminimax (category Search algorithms)
    The expectiminimax algorithm is a variation of the minimax algorithm, for use in artificial intelligence systems that play two-player zero-sum games,...
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    transportation planning. Any algorithm for the widest path problem can be transformed into an algorithm for the minimax path problem, or vice versa, by...
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  • coalition. The paranoid algorithm significantly improves upon the maxn algorithm by enabling the use of alpha-beta pruning and other minimax-based optimization...
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  • method: 2-point, 1-sided Hybrid Algorithms Alpha–beta pruning: search to reduce number of nodes in minimax algorithm A hybrid BFGS-Like method (see more...
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    Deep Blue used custom VLSI chips to parallelize the alpha–beta search algorithm, an example of symbolic AI. The system derived its playing strength mainly...
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    analyzed under the conditions of worst and average case and in the sense of a minimax value of a zero-sum game in game theory. With four holes and six colors...
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    gradient descent Local search (Texel tuning) Graph and tree search algorithms Minimax Alpha-beta pruning Principal variation search Quiescence search Monte...
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  • In statistics, the k-nearest neighbors algorithm (k-NN) is a non-parametric supervised learning method. It was first developed by Evelyn Fix and Joseph...
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  • best approximation or the minimax approximation algorithm. A review of technicalities in implementing the Remez algorithm is given by W. Fraser. The...
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  • the two faces do not overlap (minimax test in X) The extreme coordinate values in Y of the two faces do not overlap (minimax test in Y) All vertices of P...
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  • Brute-force search (category Search algorithms)
    or not each candidate satisfies the problem's statement. A brute-force algorithm that finds the divisors of a natural number n would enumerate all integers...
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    research company DeepMind to master the games of chess, shogi and go. This algorithm uses an approach similar to AlphaGo Zero. On December 5, 2017, the DeepMind...
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    programs, but still quite good.[citation needed] KnightCap's home page KnightCap: A Chess program that learns by combining TD(λ) with minimax search...
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    performance in go, chess, shogi, and a standard suite of Atari games. The algorithm uses an approach similar to AlphaZero. It matched AlphaZero's performance...
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  • In statistical decision theory, a minimax estimator δ M {\displaystyle \delta ^{M}\,\!} is an estimator which performs best in the worst possible case...
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    position on the board. This search process is called minimax. A naive implementation of the minimax algorithm can only search to a small depth in a practical...
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  • SSS* (category Search algorithms)
    child of parent(J) to OPEN Roizen, Igor; Judea Pearl (March 1983). "A minimax algorithm better than alpha–beta?: Yes and No". Artificial Intelligence. 21...
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  • God's number, or, more formally, the minimax value. God's algorithm, then, for a given puzzle, is an algorithm that solves the puzzle and produces only...
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  • Best node search (category Search algorithms)
    is a minimax search algorithm developed in 2011 that optimizes decision-making in game trees. BNS differentiates itself from traditional algorithms by identifying...
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    S Li (2020). "Improving Generalization of Reinforcement Learning with Minimax Distributional Soft Actor-Critic". 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference...
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    in power systems. Measuring homogeneity of two-dimensional materials. Minimax process control. Minimum spanning trees can also be used to describe financial...
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    gradient descent Local search (Texel tuning) Graph and tree search algorithms Minimax Alpha-beta pruning Principal variation search Quiescence search Monte...
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    gradient descent Local search (Texel tuning) Graph and tree search algorithms Minimax Alpha-beta pruning Principal variation search Quiescence search Monte...
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