Hendrik Baier
Hendrik Baier,
a German computer scientist with a Ph.D. degree in 2015 from the Games and AI group [2] around Mark Winands at Department of Knowledge Engineering, Maastricht University. His research focused on Monte-Carlo Tree Search in Go, and on Monte-Carlo hybrids, employing minimax with an evaluation function in the rollout phase and move selection of MCTS - with encouraging results in the domains of Othello and Dōbutsu shōgi (Let's Catch the Lion) [3]. Hendrik Baier holds a Bachelor's degree in 2006 from Darmstadt University of Technology [4], and a Master's degree in 2010 from University of Osnabrück already on Monte-Carlo Go [5].
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Connect Four
Despite being solved by James D. Allen (October 1, 1988), and independently by Victor Allis (October 16, 1988) [6], Connect Four is still an interesting game for humans, and also suited as testbed for search algorthms. Hendrik Baier's 2006 Bachelor's thesis deals with alpha-beta with improvements and evaluation in this domain.
Selected Publications
2006 ...
- Hendrik Baier (2006). Der Alpha-Beta-Algorithmus und Erweiterungen bei Vier Gewinnt. Bachelor's thesis (German), TU Darmstadt, advisor Johannes Fürnkranz, pdf
2010 ...
- Hendrik Baier (2010). Adaptive Playout Policies for Monte-Carlo Go. Master's thesis, University of Osnabrück, pdf [9]
- Hendrik Baier, Peter D. Drake (2010). The power of forgetting: Improving the last-good-reply policy in Monte Carlo Go. IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Vol. 2, No. 4
- Hendrik Baier, Mark Winands (2011). Active Opening Book Application for Monte-Carlo Tree Search in 19x19 Go. BNAIC 2011, pdf
- Hendrik Baier, Mark Winands (2011). Time Management for Monte-Carlo Tree Search in Go. Advances in Computer Games 13
- Hendrik Baier, Mark Winands (2012). Nested Monte-Carlo Tree Search for Online Planning in Large MDPs. ECAI 2012, pdf [10]
- Hendrik Baier, Mark Winands (2012). Beam Monte-Carlo Tree Search. CIG 2012, pdf
- Hendrik Baier, Mark Winands (2013). Monte-Carlo Tree Search and minimax hybrids. CIG 2013, pdf
- Hendrik Baier, Mark Winands (2014). Monte-Carlo Tree Search and Minimax Hybrids with Heuristic Evaluation Functions. ECAI CGW 2014
2015 ...
- Hendrik Baier (2015). Monte-Carlo Tree Search Enhancements for One-Player and Two-Player Domains. Ph.D. thesis, Maastricht University, pdf [11]
- Hendrik Baier, Mark Winands (2016). Time Management for Monte Carlo Tree Search. IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, Vol. 8, No. 3, draft as pdf
- Hendrik Baier (2017). A Rollout-Based Search Algorithm Unifying MCTS and Alpha-Beta. Computer Games » Rollout Paradigm
Forum Posts
- [Computer-go learning patterns for mc go] by Hendrik Baier, Computer Go Archive, April 26, 2010
- Re: [Computer-go Computer-go Digest, Vol 12, Issue 79] by Hendrik Baier, Computer Go Archive, January 26, 2011
- Re: [Computer-go Computer-go Digest, Vol 12, Issue 81] by Hendrik Baier, Computer Go Archive, January 26, 2011
- [Computer-go 2nd CFP: DKE Symposium "Driven by Search"] by Hendrik Baier, Computer Go Archive, May 18, 2011
- Re: [Computer-go Computer-go Digest, Vol 17, Issue 78] by Hendrik Baier, Computer Go Archive, June 29, 2011
- Re: [Computer-go Computer-go Digest, Vol 18, Issue 29] by Hendrik Baier, Computer Go Archive, July 11, 2011
External Links
References
- ↑ Hendrik Baier's website
- ↑ Hendrik Baier - Games and AI Group
- ↑ Hendrik Baier, Mark Winands (2014). Monte-Carlo Tree Search and Minimax Hybrids with Heuristic Evaluation Functions. ECAI CGW 2014
- ↑ Hendrik Baier (2006). Der Alpha-Beta-Algorithmus und Erweiterungen bei Vier Gewinnt. Bachelor's thesis (German), TU Darmstadt, advisor Johannes Fürnkranz, pdf
- ↑ Hendrik Baier (2010). Adaptive Playout Policies for Monte-Carlo Go. Master's thesis, University of Osnabrück, pdf
- ↑ Connect Four from Wikipedia
- ↑ Publications - Hendrik Baier's website
- ↑ dblp: Hendrik Baier
- ↑ Re: [Computer-go Computer-go Digest, Vol 12, Issue 79] by Hendrik Baier, Computer Go Archive, January 26, 2011
- ↑ Markov decision process from Wikipedia
- ↑ Dap Hartmann (2017). Let's Catch the Train to Monte-Carlo. ICGA Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1