statement of 1992

[henk stoop]

Is this become reality?

Statement of Ronald Tangelder when he promoted to doctor in 1992.

"The capacity to abstraction and generalization is indispensable for a really intelligent draughts program."

[Ed Gilbert]

Hi Henk,

Is this become reality?

Statement of Ronald Tangelder when he promoted to doctor in 1992.

"The capacity to abstraction and generalization is indispensable for a really intelligent draughts program."

This is a philosophical question, maybe even a rhetorical question. I think that creating a (really intelligent) draughts program is about 80% computer science and 20% knowledge of game strategy. If knowledge of game strategy was more than 20% important then I would never be successful at it [img]images/smilies/icon_smile.gif[/img] Clearly abstraction and generalization are important concepts in computer science, so I cannot disagree with the statement.

-- Ed