Wilhelm Barth

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Wilhelm Barth, an Austrian computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at the Vienna University of Technology. His research interests covers Computer Chess, Geometric Algorithms and Ray tracing.

=Endspiel= Wilhelm Barth is author of the rule based Windows chess program and explanation tool Endspiel, which applies techniques as elaborated along with Heinz Herbeck in ICCA Journal. Endspiel applies an algorithms to gather information about the principal variation inside an iterative deepening alpha-beta framework, giving the user hints why a move was chosen and what happens after a series of moves.

=Selected Publications=
 * Wilhelm Barth, Stephan Barth (1991). Programme für korrekte Schachendspiele und deren Validierung. Institutsbericht, Nr. 34. Institut für Computergraphik, Technische Universität Wien (German)
 * Gerhard Mehlsam, Hermann Kaindl, Wilhelm Barth (1991). Feature Construction during Tree Learning. GWAI 1991: 50-61.
 * Wilhelm Barth, Stephan Barth (1992). Validating a Range of Endgame Programs. ICCA Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3
 * Wilhelm Barth (1994). Computerschach - Ein korrektes Programm für das Endspiel König und Bauer gegen König und Bauer - Unterteilung von Endspielen in Klassen - Behandlung der Stellungswiederholung bei der Intervallbewertung. Institutsbericht Nr. 36, Institut für Computergraphik, TU Wien (German)
 * Wilhelm Barth (1995). Combining Knowledge and Search to Yield Infallible Endgame Programs A study of passed Pawns in the KPKP endgame. ICCA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 3
 * Wilhelm Barth (1995). The KPKP Endgame: An Amplification. ICCA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 4
 * Gerhard Mehlsam, Hermann Kaindl, Wilhelm Barth (1995). Feature Construction during Tree Learning. GOSLER Final Report 1995: 391-403
 * Heinz Herbeck, Wilhelm Barth (1996). An Explanation Tool for Chess Endgames Based on the Rule Method. ICCA Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2

=External Links=
 * Homepage of Wilhelm Barth, (Wayback Machine)
 * The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Wilhelm Barth
 * Neues Schachprogramm für Spezialprobleme, October 28, 1996 (German)

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