Andrew Tridgell

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Andrew Tridgell, an Australian programmer, primary author of the TD-learning chess program KnightCap and best known as the major developer of the Samba software. His Ph.D. thesis Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization at the Australian National University was based on his work on the rsync algorithm.

=Selected Publications=
 * Andrew Tridgell (1995). Landslide Victory for Computers. ICCA Journal, Vol. 18, No. 3 » ANU Carbon-Silicon Tournament 1995
 * Andrew Tridgell (1997). KnightCap — a parallel chess program on the AP1000+. 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, pdf via citeseerX
 * Jonathan Baxter, Andrew Tridgell, Lex Weaver (1998) Experiments in Parameter Learning Using Temporal Differences. ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2
 * Jonathan Baxter, Andrew Tridgell, Lex Weaver (1999). TDLeaf(lambda): Combining Temporal Difference Learning with Game-Tree Search. Australian Journal of Intelligent Information Processing Systems, Vol. 5 No. 1, arXiv:cs/9901001
 * Andrew Tridgell (1999). Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization. Ph.D. thesis, Australian National University, advisor Richard P. Brent, pdf
 * Jonathan Baxter, Andrew Tridgell, Lex Weaver (2000). Learning to Play Chess Using Temporal Differences. Machine Learning, Vol 40, No. 3, pdf

=Forum Posts=
 * KnightCap 1.0 by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, February 27, 1997
 * Re: Going commercial, maybe by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, March 9, 1997 » 3D Graphics Board
 * Re: Computer Chess Planning by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, March 17, 1997
 * Parallel searching by Andrew Tridgell, post 16, rgcc, March 22, 1997 » Parallel Search
 * KnightCap v1.8 by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, April 03, 1997
 * Re: computer chess "oracle" ideas... by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, April 03, 1997 » Oracle
 * quiescence search by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, April 16, 1997 » Quiescence Search, Check, Crafty
 * Re: Bit Board Bonkers?? - other alternatives by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, August 9, 1997 » Piece-Sets
 * asymmetry by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, August 12, 1997 » Asymmetric Evaluation

=External Links=
 * Andrew Tridgell's homepage
 * Andrew Tridgell from Wikipedia
 * The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Andrew Tridgell
 * chessexpress: Tridge by Shaun Press, July 23, 2007
 * Andrew Tridgell's Page - DIY Drones

=References=

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