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'''Louis Victor Allis''',<br/>
a Dutch computer and games scientist and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer CEO] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintiq Quintiq]. He defended his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%27s_degree M.Sc.] degree with the thesis ''A Knowledge-Based Approach of Connect Four'' <ref>[[Victor Allis]] ('''1988'''). ''A Knowledge-Based Approach of Connect Four: The Game is Over, White to Move Wins''. M.Sc. Thesis, Report No. IR-163, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrije_Universiteit Vrije Universteit, Amsterdam]</ref> in 1988 at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrije_Universiteit Vrije Universteit, Amsterdam], solving the game of [[Connect Four]], and his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy Ph.D.] with the thesis ''Searching for Solutions in Games and Artificial Intelligence'' at [[Maastricht University]] in 1994, elaborating on [[Proof-Number Search|Proof-number search]] and [[Dependency-Based Search|dependency-based search]] <ref>[[Victor Allis]] ('''1994'''). ''Searching for Solutions in Games and Artificial Intelligence''. Ph.D. Thesis, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]], [http://fragrieu.free.fr/SearchingForSolutions.pdf pdf]</ref>. Victor Allis authored and co-authored more than 30 publications on [[Search|search algorithms]], [[Graph History Interaction]] (GHI) and [[Games|games]]. From 1993 to 1995 he worked as assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit. He is author and co-author of several programs competing at [[ICGA]] tournaments, winning six gold medals at [[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=249 Victor Allis' ICGA Tournaments]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/a/Allis:L=_Victor dblp: L. Victor Allis]</ref>
==1988 ...==
* [[Victor Allis]] ('''1988'''). ''A Knowledge-Based Approach of Connect Four: The Game is Over, White to Move Wins''. M.Sc. thesis, Report No. IR-163, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrije_Universiteit Vrije Universteit, Amsterdam]
* [[Jos Uiterwijk]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Victor Allis]] ('''1989'''). ''A Knowledge-Based Approach to Connect Four: The Game is Over, White to Move Wins''. [[1st Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 1]]
==1990 ...==
* [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1990'''). ''A Comment on `Conspiracy-Number Search'''. [[ICGA Journal#13_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2]]
* [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1990'''). ''Lithidion: an Awari-playing Program''. Technical Report 90-05, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1990'''). ''Databases in Awari''. Technical Report CS-90-5, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]]
'''1991'''
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Bob Herschberg]] ('''1991'''). ''Which Games Will Survive''? [[2nd Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 2]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1991'''). ''Omniscience in Lithidion''. [[2nd Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 2]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1991'''). ''Databases in Awari''.[[2nd Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 2]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1991'''). ''Proof-Number Search.'' Technical Report CS 91-01, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1991'''). ''Conspiracy-Number Search.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 6]]
'''1992'''
* [[Dennis Breuker]], [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Bob Herschberg]] ('''1992'''). ''A Database as a Second.'' [[ICGA Journal#15_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1]]
* [[Victor Allis]] ('''1992'''). ''[[Ingo Althöfer]]: On Pathology in Game Tree and Other Recursion Tree Models''. [[ICGA Journal#15_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2]]
* [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Victor Allis]] (Eds.) ('''1992'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=149641 Heuristic Programming in Artificial Intelligence 3 - The Third Computer Olympiad]''. Ellis Horwood » [[3rd Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Patrick Schoo]] ('''1992'''). ''Qubic Solved Again''. [[3rd Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 3]]
* [[Remko Popma]], [[Victor Allis]] ('''1992'''). ''Life and Death Refined''. [[3rd Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 3]]
'''1993'''
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Matty Huntjens]] ('''1993'''). ''Go-Moku Solved and Threat-Space Search''. Technical Report CS 93-02, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]], [http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~awojna/SID/referaty/Go-Moku.pdf pdf]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Matty Huntjens]] ('''1993'''). ''Go-Moku Solved by New Search Techniques''. [[AAAI]] Technical Report FS-93-02, [http://www.aaai.org/Papers/Symposia/Fall/1993/FS-93-02/FS93-02-001.pdf pdf]
'''1994'''
* [[Victor Allis]] ('''1994'''). ''Searching for Solutions in Games and Artificial Intelligence''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]], [http://fragrieu.free.fr/SearchingForSolutions.pdf pdf]
* [[Dennis Breuker]], [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1994'''). ''How to Mate: Applying Proof-Number Search''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 7]], reprint as [http://www.top-5000.nl/ps/Mate%20in%2038-%20applying%20proof%20number%20search%20to%20chess.pdf Mate in 38: Applying Proof-Number Search] from [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schroder's]] [http://www.top-5000.nl/prostuff.htm Programmer's Stuff site]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1994'''). ''Proof-Number Search''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(journal) Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 66, No. 1
* [[Martin Schijf]], [[Victor Allis]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]] ('''1994'''). ''Proof-Number Search and Transpositions''. [[ICGA Journal#17_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2]]
==1995 ...==
* [[Henri Bal]], [[Victor Allis]] ('''1995'''). ''Parallel Retrograde Analysis on a Distributed System''. Supercomputing ’95, San Diego, CA.
* [[Dennis Breuker]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]], [[Victor Allis]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-48957-6_3 A Solution to the GHI Problem for Best-First Search]''. [[CG 1998]]
==2000 ...==
* [[Dennis Breuker]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]], [[Victor Allis]] ('''2001'''). ''A Solution to the GHI Problem for Best-First Search''. Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 252, Nos. 1-2
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Allis Victor Allis from Wikipedia]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=249 Victor Allis' ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/victor-allis/21/557/225 Victor Allis - Nederland | LinkedIn]
=References=
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[[FILE:VictorAllis.JPG|border|right|thumb| Victor Allis <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20041204234709/www.cs.vu.nl/~victor/home.html Victor Allis - Where has he been? Where did he go? ]</ref> ]]
'''Louis Victor Allis''',<br/>
a Dutch computer and games scientist and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive_officer CEO] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintiq Quintiq]. He defended his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%27s_degree M.Sc.] degree with the thesis ''A Knowledge-Based Approach of Connect Four'' <ref>[[Victor Allis]] ('''1988'''). ''A Knowledge-Based Approach of Connect Four: The Game is Over, White to Move Wins''. M.Sc. Thesis, Report No. IR-163, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrije_Universiteit Vrije Universteit, Amsterdam]</ref> in 1988 at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrije_Universiteit Vrije Universteit, Amsterdam], solving the game of [[Connect Four]], and his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy Ph.D.] with the thesis ''Searching for Solutions in Games and Artificial Intelligence'' at [[Maastricht University]] in 1994, elaborating on [[Proof-Number Search|Proof-number search]] and [[Dependency-Based Search|dependency-based search]] <ref>[[Victor Allis]] ('''1994'''). ''Searching for Solutions in Games and Artificial Intelligence''. Ph.D. Thesis, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]], [http://fragrieu.free.fr/SearchingForSolutions.pdf pdf]</ref>. Victor Allis authored and co-authored more than 30 publications on [[Search|search algorithms]], [[Graph History Interaction]] (GHI) and [[Games|games]]. From 1993 to 1995 he worked as assistant professor at the Vrije Universiteit. He is author and co-author of several programs competing at [[ICGA]] tournaments, winning six gold medals at [[Computer Olympiad|Computer Olympiads]] <ref>[https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=249 Victor Allis' ICGA Tournaments]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/a/Allis:L=_Victor dblp: L. Victor Allis]</ref>
==1988 ...==
* [[Victor Allis]] ('''1988'''). ''A Knowledge-Based Approach of Connect Four: The Game is Over, White to Move Wins''. M.Sc. thesis, Report No. IR-163, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrije_Universiteit Vrije Universteit, Amsterdam]
* [[Jos Uiterwijk]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Victor Allis]] ('''1989'''). ''A Knowledge-Based Approach to Connect Four: The Game is Over, White to Move Wins''. [[1st Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 1]]
==1990 ...==
* [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1990'''). ''A Comment on `Conspiracy-Number Search'''. [[ICGA Journal#13_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2]]
* [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1990'''). ''Lithidion: an Awari-playing Program''. Technical Report 90-05, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1990'''). ''Databases in Awari''. Technical Report CS-90-5, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]]
'''1991'''
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Bob Herschberg]] ('''1991'''). ''Which Games Will Survive''? [[2nd Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 2]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1991'''). ''Omniscience in Lithidion''. [[2nd Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 2]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1991'''). ''Databases in Awari''.[[2nd Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 2]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1991'''). ''Proof-Number Search.'' Technical Report CS 91-01, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1991'''). ''Conspiracy-Number Search.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 6]]
'''1992'''
* [[Dennis Breuker]], [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Bob Herschberg]] ('''1992'''). ''A Database as a Second.'' [[ICGA Journal#15_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1]]
* [[Victor Allis]] ('''1992'''). ''[[Ingo Althöfer]]: On Pathology in Game Tree and Other Recursion Tree Models''. [[ICGA Journal#15_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2]]
* [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Victor Allis]] (Eds.) ('''1992'''). ''[http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=149641 Heuristic Programming in Artificial Intelligence 3 - The Third Computer Olympiad]''. Ellis Horwood » [[3rd Computer Olympiad]]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Patrick Schoo]] ('''1992'''). ''Qubic Solved Again''. [[3rd Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 3]]
* [[Remko Popma]], [[Victor Allis]] ('''1992'''). ''Life and Death Refined''. [[3rd Computer Olympiad#Workshop|Heuristic Programming in AI 3]]
'''1993'''
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Matty Huntjens]] ('''1993'''). ''Go-Moku Solved and Threat-Space Search''. Technical Report CS 93-02, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]], [http://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~awojna/SID/referaty/Go-Moku.pdf pdf]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Matty Huntjens]] ('''1993'''). ''Go-Moku Solved by New Search Techniques''. [[AAAI]] Technical Report FS-93-02, [http://www.aaai.org/Papers/Symposia/Fall/1993/FS-93-02/FS93-02-001.pdf pdf]
'''1994'''
* [[Victor Allis]] ('''1994'''). ''Searching for Solutions in Games and Artificial Intelligence''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Maastricht University|University of Limburg]], [http://fragrieu.free.fr/SearchingForSolutions.pdf pdf]
* [[Dennis Breuker]], [[Victor Allis]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1994'''). ''How to Mate: Applying Proof-Number Search''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 7]], reprint as [http://www.top-5000.nl/ps/Mate%20in%2038-%20applying%20proof%20number%20search%20to%20chess.pdf Mate in 38: Applying Proof-Number Search] from [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schroder's]] [http://www.top-5000.nl/prostuff.htm Programmer's Stuff site]
* [[Victor Allis]], [[Maarten van der Meulen]], [[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1994'''). ''Proof-Number Search''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_(journal) Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 66, No. 1
* [[Martin Schijf]], [[Victor Allis]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]] ('''1994'''). ''Proof-Number Search and Transpositions''. [[ICGA Journal#17_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2]]
==1995 ...==
* [[Henri Bal]], [[Victor Allis]] ('''1995'''). ''Parallel Retrograde Analysis on a Distributed System''. Supercomputing ’95, San Diego, CA.
* [[Dennis Breuker]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]], [[Victor Allis]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-48957-6_3 A Solution to the GHI Problem for Best-First Search]''. [[CG 1998]]
==2000 ...==
* [[Dennis Breuker]], [[Jaap van den Herik]], [[Jos Uiterwijk]], [[Victor Allis]] ('''2001'''). ''A Solution to the GHI Problem for Best-First Search''. Theoretical Computer Science, Vol. 252, Nos. 1-2
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Allis Victor Allis from Wikipedia]
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/person.php?id=249 Victor Allis' ICGA Tournaments]
* [http://nl.linkedin.com/pub/victor-allis/21/557/225 Victor Allis - Nederland | LinkedIn]
=References=
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