Jean-Christophe Weill

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Jean-Christophe Weill [1]

Jean-Christophe Weill,
a French computer scientist and computer chess and game programmer. He introduced the NegaC* search algorithm as a NegaMax implementation of Kevin Coplan's C*. He also created the ABDADA non-synchronized, distributed search algorithm, apparently used in Frenchess. His 1995 Ph.D. thesis in French, Programmes d'Échecs de Championnat: Architecture Logicielle Synthèse de Fonctions d'Évaluations, Parallélisme de Recherche, covers history of computer chess, a broad range of search algorithms and evaluation, audited beside others by Tony Marsland and Jacques Pitrat.

Chess Programs

Along with Marc-François Baudot, Jean-Christophe Weill is co-author of the following chess programs [2] [3]:

Selected Publications

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Forum Posts

External Links

A Short Story of JCW's Computer Chess Program

References

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