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'''Max A. Bramer''',<br/>
a British computer scientist and emeritus professor of Information Technology at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Portsmouth University of Portsmouth]. Former appointments include lecturer in Computer Science at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes]. His research interests include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining Data mining] and formerly the application of [[Knowledge#DeclarativeKnowledge|declarative knowledge]] of chess [[Endgame|endgames]] with a small number of pieces like [[KPK]].
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hd/b/Bramer:Max.html dblp: Max Bramer]</ref>
==1975 ...==
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1975'''). ''Representation of Knowledge for Chess Endgames''. Report, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1977'''). ''KPK: using effective distance.'' Report, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1977''') ''Representation of knowledge for chess endgames: towards a self-improving system.'' Ph.D. thesis; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes] <ref>[[Don Beal]] ('''1999''') [http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/%7Euiterwyk/BealPhD.htm The Nature of MINIMAX Search] Ph.D. thesis ISBN 90-62-16-6348; References pp. 126</ref>
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1977'''). ''KPK: Some Quantitative Data.'' Technical Report, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University], Faculty of Mathematics.
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1978'''). ''Computer-Generated Databases for the Endgame in Chess.'' Technical Report. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University] Faculty of Mathematics.
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1978'''). ''A Note on KPK.'' Technical Report, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University]: Faculty of Mathematics, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes], England.
* [[Max Bramer]], [[Mike Clarke]] ('''1979'''). ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020737379800139 A Model for the Representation of Pattern-Knowledge for the Endgame in Chess]''. [http://www.interaction-design.org/references/periodicals/international_journal_of_man-machine_studies_volume_11.html International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 11, No.5]
==1980 ...==
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1980'''). ''An Optimal Algorithm for KPK using Pattern Knowledge.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 2]], pp. 82-96.
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1980'''). ''[http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/4/347 Correct and Optimal Strategies in Game-Playing Programs].'' [http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/4.toc The Computer Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4], pp. 347-352.
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1982'''). ''Chess - Chess Champion Mark V’s ability at solving chess problems''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_and_Video_Games Computer & Video Games], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1982.html April 1982], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/Computer___Video_Games_April_1982.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]] » [[Chess Champion Mark V]]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1982'''). ''Finding Checkmates''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_and_Video_Games Computer & Video Games], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1982.html Spring 1982], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/Computer___Video_Games_Spring_1982.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]] » [[Mater]], [[George Baylor]], [[Herbert Simon]]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1982'''). ''Machine-Aided Refinement of Correct Strategies for the Endgame in Chess.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
* [[Max Bramer]], [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hy/a/Alden:B=_E=_P=.html B. E. P. Alden] ('''1982'''). ''A Program for Solving Retrograde Analysis Chess Problems.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1982'''). ''Pattern-Based Representations of Knowledge in the Game of Chess.'' [http://www.interaction-design.org/references/periodicals/international_journal_of_man-machine_studies_volume_16.html International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1982'''). ''Refinement of Correct Strategies for the Endgame in Chess.'' SIGART Newsletter, Vol. 80
* [[Max Bramer]] (ed.) ('''1983'''). ''Computer Game - Playing: Theory and Practice''. Ellis Horwood Limited Publishers, Chichester, from [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470274662/acmorg-20 amazon.com]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1986'''). ''KPK Endgame Databases: a Response From the Source.'' [[ICGA Journal#9_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3]]
* [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hy/a/Alden:B=_E=_P=.html B. E. P. Alden], [[Max Bramer]] ('''1988'''). ''An Expert System for Solving Retrograde-Analysis Chess Problems.'' [http://www.interaction-design.org/references/periodicals/international_journal_of_man-machine_studies_volume_29.html International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 29, No. 2]
==2000 ...==
* [[Max Bramer]] (ed.) ('''2006'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-34747-9 Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice]''. [[Conferences#IFIP19|IFIP 19th World Computer Congress]]. Proceedings. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [[Max Bramer]] (ed.) ('''2008'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-09695-7 Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice II]''. [[Conferences#IFIP20|IFIP 20th World Computer Congress]]. Proceedings. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [[Max Bramer]] (ed.) ('''2009'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-642-03226-4 Artificial Intelligence: An International Perspective]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecture_Notes_in_Computer_Science LNCS], Vol. 5640, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
==2010 ...==
* [[Max Bramer]] (ed.) ('''2010'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-642-15286-3 Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice III]''. [[Conferences#IFIP21|Third IFIP International Conference on Artificial Intelligence]]. Proceedings. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''2013'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4471-5487-7 Logic Programming with Prolog]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''2015'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-22659-0 Web Programming with PHP and MySQL - A Practical Guide]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''2016'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4471-7307-6 Principles of Data Mining]''. Third Edition. [https://www.springer.com/series/7592 Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
=External Links=
* [http://www.maxbramer.org/ Max Bramer - Digital Professor of Information Technology University of Portsmouth, UK]
* [http://www.port.ac.uk/school-of-computing/staff/prof-max-bramer.html Staff - University of Portsmouth - Professor Max Bramer]
=References=
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[[FILE:Bramer,-Max-v2.jpg|border|right|thumb|Max Bramer <ref>Image from former "Staff - University of Portsmouth - Professor Max Bramer" site, as of 2018 no longer available</ref> ]]
'''Max A. Bramer''',<br/>
a British computer scientist and emeritus professor of Information Technology at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Portsmouth University of Portsmouth]. Former appointments include lecturer in Computer Science at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes]. His research interests include [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_mining Data mining] and formerly the application of [[Knowledge#DeclarativeKnowledge|declarative knowledge]] of chess [[Endgame|endgames]] with a small number of pieces like [[KPK]].
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref> <ref>[http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hd/b/Bramer:Max.html dblp: Max Bramer]</ref>
==1975 ...==
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1975'''). ''Representation of Knowledge for Chess Endgames''. Report, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1977'''). ''KPK: using effective distance.'' Report, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1977''') ''Representation of knowledge for chess endgames: towards a self-improving system.'' Ph.D. thesis; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes] <ref>[[Don Beal]] ('''1999''') [http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/%7Euiterwyk/BealPhD.htm The Nature of MINIMAX Search] Ph.D. thesis ISBN 90-62-16-6348; References pp. 126</ref>
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1977'''). ''KPK: Some Quantitative Data.'' Technical Report, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University], Faculty of Mathematics.
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1978'''). ''Computer-Generated Databases for the Endgame in Chess.'' Technical Report. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University] Faculty of Mathematics.
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1978'''). ''A Note on KPK.'' Technical Report, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_University Open University]: Faculty of Mathematics, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes Milton Keynes], England.
* [[Max Bramer]], [[Mike Clarke]] ('''1979'''). ''[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020737379800139 A Model for the Representation of Pattern-Knowledge for the Endgame in Chess]''. [http://www.interaction-design.org/references/periodicals/international_journal_of_man-machine_studies_volume_11.html International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 11, No.5]
==1980 ...==
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1980'''). ''An Optimal Algorithm for KPK using Pattern Knowledge.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 2]], pp. 82-96.
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1980'''). ''[http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/4/347 Correct and Optimal Strategies in Game-Playing Programs].'' [http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/4.toc The Computer Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4], pp. 347-352.
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1982'''). ''Chess - Chess Champion Mark V’s ability at solving chess problems''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_and_Video_Games Computer & Video Games], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1982.html April 1982], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/Computer___Video_Games_April_1982.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]] » [[Chess Champion Mark V]]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1982'''). ''Finding Checkmates''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_and_Video_Games Computer & Video Games], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/html/publication_archive_1982.html Spring 1982], [http://www.chesscomputeruk.com/Computer___Video_Games_Spring_1982.pdf pdf] hosted by [[Mike Watters]] » [[Mater]], [[George Baylor]], [[Herbert Simon]]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1982'''). ''Machine-Aided Refinement of Correct Strategies for the Endgame in Chess.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
* [[Max Bramer]], [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hy/a/Alden:B=_E=_P=.html B. E. P. Alden] ('''1982'''). ''A Program for Solving Retrograde Analysis Chess Problems.'' [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1982'''). ''Pattern-Based Representations of Knowledge in the Game of Chess.'' [http://www.interaction-design.org/references/periodicals/international_journal_of_man-machine_studies_volume_16.html International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 16, No. 4]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1982'''). ''Refinement of Correct Strategies for the Endgame in Chess.'' SIGART Newsletter, Vol. 80
* [[Max Bramer]] (ed.) ('''1983'''). ''Computer Game - Playing: Theory and Practice''. Ellis Horwood Limited Publishers, Chichester, from [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0470274662/acmorg-20 amazon.com]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''1986'''). ''KPK Endgame Databases: a Response From the Source.'' [[ICGA Journal#9_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3]]
* [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hy/a/Alden:B=_E=_P=.html B. E. P. Alden], [[Max Bramer]] ('''1988'''). ''An Expert System for Solving Retrograde-Analysis Chess Problems.'' [http://www.interaction-design.org/references/periodicals/international_journal_of_man-machine_studies_volume_29.html International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 29, No. 2]
==2000 ...==
* [[Max Bramer]] (ed.) ('''2006'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-34747-9 Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice]''. [[Conferences#IFIP19|IFIP 19th World Computer Congress]]. Proceedings. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [[Max Bramer]] (ed.) ('''2008'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-0-387-09695-7 Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice II]''. [[Conferences#IFIP20|IFIP 20th World Computer Congress]]. Proceedings. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [[Max Bramer]] (ed.) ('''2009'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-642-03226-4 Artificial Intelligence: An International Perspective]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecture_Notes_in_Computer_Science LNCS], Vol. 5640, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
==2010 ...==
* [[Max Bramer]] (ed.) ('''2010'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-642-15286-3 Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice III]''. [[Conferences#IFIP21|Third IFIP International Conference on Artificial Intelligence]]. Proceedings. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''2013'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4471-5487-7 Logic Programming with Prolog]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''2015'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-22659-0 Web Programming with PHP and MySQL - A Practical Guide]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
* [[Max Bramer]] ('''2016'''). ''[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-1-4471-7307-6 Principles of Data Mining]''. Third Edition. [https://www.springer.com/series/7592 Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer]
=External Links=
* [http://www.maxbramer.org/ Max Bramer - Digital Professor of Information Technology University of Portsmouth, UK]
* [http://www.port.ac.uk/school-of-computing/staff/prof-max-bramer.html Staff - University of Portsmouth - Professor Max Bramer]
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