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Michael T. (Mike) Alexander, an American computer scientist, Independent Computer Software Professional and former computer chess programmer. While affiliated with the Computing Center of the University of Michigan, Mike Alexander was principal architect of Michigan Terminal System and co-author of the chess program CHAOS, along with Fred Swartz, Victor Berman, Ira Ruben, William Toikka, Joe Winograd and later Mark Hersey and Jack O’Keefe. CHAOS was one of the strongest programs of the 70s and early 80s, using an unique, knowledge based and selective best-first, iterative widening approach, keeping the search tree in memory.

=Photos= Mike Alexander at the console of the IBM S/360 Model 67 ca 1969

=See also=
 * Scotch versus Vodka - one of David Levy's bets

=Selected Publications=
 * Michael T. Alexander (1969). Time-Sharing Supervisor Programs. In Advanced Topics in Systems Programming, University of Michigan Engineering Summer Conference 7016, 1970, pdf
 * Donald W. Boettner, Michael T. Alexander (1970). MTS - Michigan Terminal System. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review, Vol. 4, No. 4
 * Allan R. Emery, Michael T. Alexander (1975). A Performance Comparison of the Amdahl 470V/6 and the IBM 370/168. Computer Measurement Group, October 1975, San Francisco, California, pdf » AMDAHL 470, IBM 370

=External Links=
 * Mike Alexander's ICGA Tournaments
 * Michael Alexander - LinkedIn
 * People - Michigan Terminal System Archive - Michael T. Alexander
 * UM People - Jeff Ogden - Picasa Web Albums
 * Computer vs. computer: Duel on the Chessboard, Boca Raton News - November 27. 1979 from Google News on ACM 1979

=References=

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