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=Virgo=
In his 1894 1984 Ph.D. thesis from [[University of Edinburgh]], supervised by [[Donald Michie]] <ref>[[Kevin Coplan]] ('''1984'''). ''[https://www.researchgateera.netlib.ed.ac.uk/handle/publication1842/34992637_The_experimental_and_theoretical_validation_of_a_new_search_algorithm_with_a_note_on_the_automatic_generation_of_causual_explanations 6645 The experimental and theoretical validation of a new search algorithm with a note on the automatic generation of causal explanations]''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Edinburgh]], [https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/6645/Coplan1984.pdf pdf]</ref>, Kevin Coplan further elaborates on search algorithms making [[Leaf Node|leaf nodes]] of trees bi-valued by using an inequality test, as implemented and tested inside a chess machine dubbed [[Virgo]].
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf [ICGA Journal#RefDB|ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)]</ref> <ref>[https://dblp.org/pers/hd/c/Coplan:K=_P= dblp: K. P. Coplan]</ref>
* [[Kevin Coplan]] ('''1982'''). ''[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780080268989500061 A Special-Purpose Machine for an Improved Search Algorithm for Deep Chess Combinations]''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
* [[Kevin Coplan]] ('''1984'''). ''[https://www.researchgateera.netlib.ed.ac.uk/handle/publication1842/34992637_The_experimental_and_theoretical_validation_of_a_new_search_algorithm_with_a_note_on_the_automatic_generation_of_causual_explanations 6645 The experimental and theoretical validation of a new search algorithm with a note on the automatic generation of causal explanations]''. Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Edinburgh]], [https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/bitstream/handle/1842/6645/Coplan1984.pdf pdf]
* [[Kevin Coplan]] ('''1998'''). ''[https://content.iospress.com/articles/icga-journal/icg21304 Synthesis of Chess and Chess-like Endgames by Recursive Optimisation]''. [[ICGA Journal#21_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3]]
* [[Kevin Coplan]] ('''2001'''). ''[https://content.iospress.com/articles/icga-journal/icg24103 Synthesis of Chess and Chess-like Endgames: A Proof of Correctness]''. [[ICGA Journal#24_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 24, No. 1]]
