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'''Andrew Tridgell''',<br/>
an Australian programmer, primary author of the [[Temporal Difference Learning|TD-learning]] chess program [[KnightCap]] <ref>[http://samba.org/KnightCap/ Welcome to the KnightCap home page]</ref> and best known as the major developer of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_%28software%29 Samba] software. His Ph.D. thesis ''Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization'' <ref>[[Andrew Tridgell]] ('''1999'''). ''Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization''. Ph.D. thesis, The [[Australian National University]], advisor [[Mathematician#Brent|Richard P. Brent]], [http://samba.org/~tridge/phd_thesis.pdf pdf]</ref> at the [[Australian National University]] was based on his work on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync rsync] algorithm.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://dblp.org/pers/hd/t/Tridgell:Andrew.html dblp: Andrew Tridgell]</ref>
* [[Andrew Tridgell]] ('''1995'''). ''Landslide Victory for Computers''. [[ICGA Journal#18_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 3]] » [[ANU Carbon-Silicon Tournament 1995]]
* [[Andrew Tridgell]] ('''1997'''). ''KnightCap — a parallel chess program on the AP1000+''. [http://ftp.riken.jp/pub/net/samba/tridge/knightcap_pcw97.ps.gz zipped ps]
* [[Jonathan Baxter]], [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Lex Weaver]] ('''1997''') ''Knightcap: A chess program that learns by combining td(λ) with minimax search''. 15th International Conference on Machine Learning, [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.54.8263&rep=rep1&type=pdf pdf] via [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.54.8263 citeseerX]
* [[Jonathan Baxter]], [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Lex Weaver]] ('''1998''') ''Experiments in Parameter Learning Using Temporal Differences''. [[ICGA Journal#21_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2]]
* [[Jonathan Baxter]], [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Lex Weaver]] ('''1999'''). ''TDLeaf(lambda): Combining Temporal Difference Learning with Game-Tree Search''. [https://www.chatbots.org/journal/australian_journal_of_intelligent_information_processing_systems/ Australian Journal of Intelligent Information Processing Systems], Vol. 5 No. 1, [http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9901001 arXiv:cs/9901001]
* [[Andrew Tridgell]] ('''1999'''). ''Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Australian National University]], advisor [[Mathematician#Brent|Richard P. Brent]], [http://samba.org/~tridge/phd_thesis.pdf pdf]
* [[Jonathan Baxter]], [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Lex Weaver]] ('''2000'''). ''Learning to Play Chess Using Temporal Differences''. [http://www.dblp.org/db/journals/ml/ml40.html#BaxterTW00 Machine Learning, Vol 40, No. 3], [http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall06/cos402/papers/chess-RL.pdf pdf]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/1f7ba9d3c31f071 KnightCap 1.0] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], February 27, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/ded7e4e4304d8d4e Re: Going commercial, maybe] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 9, 1997 » [[3D Graphics Board]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/708196e40e9a4a7f Re: Computer Chess Planning] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 17, 1997
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/5a5ec0faffa05984 Parallel searching] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], post 16, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 22, 1997 » [[Parallel Search]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/e68ee1ab5a2603d3 KnightCap v1.8] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 03, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/300171a5fa7ce7b6 Re: computer chess "oracle" ideas...] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 03, 1997 » [[Oracle]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/ca0300b50438a388 quiescence search] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 16, 1997 » [[Quiescence Search]], [[Check]], [[Crafty]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/4d6c328e8e8e0cd4 Re: Bit Board Bonkers?? - other alternatives] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 9, 1997 » [[Piece-Sets]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/f9bfe5d4457a19ad asymmetry] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 12, 1997 » [[Asymmetric Evaluation]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.samba.org/%7Etridge/ Andrew Tridgell's homepage]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tridgell Andrew Tridgell from Wikipedia]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=59310 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Andrew Tridgell]
* [http://chessexpress.blogspot.de/2007/07/tridge.html chessexpress: Tridge] by [[Shaun Press]], July 23, 2007
* [https://diydrones.com/profile/AndrewTridgell Andrew Tridgell's Page - DIY Drones]
=References=
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[[FILE:Andrew Tridgell.jpg|border|right|thumb|Andrew Tridgell <ref>Photo by [https://www.flickr.com/people/46888841@N00 Gopal Vijayaraghavan], January 28, 2006, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Andrew_Tridgell Category:Andrew Tridgell - Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Andrew Tridgell''',<br/>
an Australian programmer, primary author of the [[Temporal Difference Learning|TD-learning]] chess program [[KnightCap]] <ref>[http://samba.org/KnightCap/ Welcome to the KnightCap home page]</ref> and best known as the major developer of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_%28software%29 Samba] software. His Ph.D. thesis ''Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization'' <ref>[[Andrew Tridgell]] ('''1999'''). ''Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization''. Ph.D. thesis, The [[Australian National University]], advisor [[Mathematician#Brent|Richard P. Brent]], [http://samba.org/~tridge/phd_thesis.pdf pdf]</ref> at the [[Australian National University]] was based on his work on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync rsync] algorithm.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://dblp.org/pers/hd/t/Tridgell:Andrew.html dblp: Andrew Tridgell]</ref>
* [[Andrew Tridgell]] ('''1995'''). ''Landslide Victory for Computers''. [[ICGA Journal#18_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 3]] » [[ANU Carbon-Silicon Tournament 1995]]
* [[Andrew Tridgell]] ('''1997'''). ''KnightCap — a parallel chess program on the AP1000+''. [http://ftp.riken.jp/pub/net/samba/tridge/knightcap_pcw97.ps.gz zipped ps]
* [[Jonathan Baxter]], [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Lex Weaver]] ('''1997''') ''Knightcap: A chess program that learns by combining td(λ) with minimax search''. 15th International Conference on Machine Learning, [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.54.8263&rep=rep1&type=pdf pdf] via [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.54.8263 citeseerX]
* [[Jonathan Baxter]], [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Lex Weaver]] ('''1998''') ''Experiments in Parameter Learning Using Temporal Differences''. [[ICGA Journal#21_2|ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2]]
* [[Jonathan Baxter]], [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Lex Weaver]] ('''1999'''). ''TDLeaf(lambda): Combining Temporal Difference Learning with Game-Tree Search''. [https://www.chatbots.org/journal/australian_journal_of_intelligent_information_processing_systems/ Australian Journal of Intelligent Information Processing Systems], Vol. 5 No. 1, [http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/9901001 arXiv:cs/9901001]
* [[Andrew Tridgell]] ('''1999'''). ''Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Australian National University]], advisor [[Mathematician#Brent|Richard P. Brent]], [http://samba.org/~tridge/phd_thesis.pdf pdf]
* [[Jonathan Baxter]], [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Lex Weaver]] ('''2000'''). ''Learning to Play Chess Using Temporal Differences''. [http://www.dblp.org/db/journals/ml/ml40.html#BaxterTW00 Machine Learning, Vol 40, No. 3], [http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall06/cos402/papers/chess-RL.pdf pdf]
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/1f7ba9d3c31f071 KnightCap 1.0] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], February 27, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/ded7e4e4304d8d4e Re: Going commercial, maybe] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 9, 1997 » [[3D Graphics Board]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/708196e40e9a4a7f Re: Computer Chess Planning] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 17, 1997
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/5a5ec0faffa05984 Parallel searching] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], post 16, [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], March 22, 1997 » [[Parallel Search]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/e68ee1ab5a2603d3 KnightCap v1.8] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 03, 1997
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/300171a5fa7ce7b6 Re: computer chess "oracle" ideas...] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 03, 1997 » [[Oracle]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/ca0300b50438a388 quiescence search] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 16, 1997 » [[Quiescence Search]], [[Check]], [[Crafty]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/4d6c328e8e8e0cd4 Re: Bit Board Bonkers?? - other alternatives] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 9, 1997 » [[Piece-Sets]]
* [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/msg/f9bfe5d4457a19ad asymmetry] by [[Andrew Tridgell]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], August 12, 1997 » [[Asymmetric Evaluation]]
=External Links=
* [http://www.samba.org/%7Etridge/ Andrew Tridgell's homepage]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Tridgell Andrew Tridgell from Wikipedia]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=59310 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Andrew Tridgell]
* [http://chessexpress.blogspot.de/2007/07/tridge.html chessexpress: Tridge] by [[Shaun Press]], July 23, 2007
* [https://diydrones.com/profile/AndrewTridgell Andrew Tridgell's Page - DIY Drones]
=References=
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