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'''Stephen Joseph J. Smith''',<br/>
an American computer scientist and lead programmer <ref>[http://www.greatgameproducts.com/about_us Great Game Products - About Us]</ref> at ''Great Game Products'', the makers of '''Bridge Baron'', the 1997 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bridge#World_Computer-Bridge_Championship world champion] of [[Bridge|computer bridge]], where he along with [[Dana S. Nau]] and [[Thomas A. Throop]] developed the [[Planning|AI-planning]] techniques <ref>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/%7Enau/bridge/bridge.html Bridge Baron - The 1997 world champion of computer bridge uses AI planning techniques to plan its declarer play]</ref>.
He holds a Ph.D. in 1997 from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park University of Maryland, College Park] on search and planning applied to Bridge <ref>[[Stephen J.J. Smith]] ('''1997'''). ''Task-Network Planning using Total-Order Forward Search, and Applications to Bridge and to Microwave Module Manufacture''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park University of Maryland, College Park], advisor [[Dana S. Nau]]</ref>, and co-authored several papers on that topic as well on [[Pruning|forward pruning]] <ref>[[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]] ('''1994'''). ''An Analysis of Forward Pruning''. [[Conferences#AAAI-94|AAAI 1994]], [http://www.aaai.org/Papers/AAAI/1994/AAAI94-213.pdf pdf]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hy/s/Smith:Stephen_J=_J=.html dblp: Stephen J. J. Smith]</ref> <ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
==1990 ...==
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]], [[Thomas A. Throop]] ('''1992'''). ''A hierarchical approach to strategic planning with non-cooperating agents under conditions of uncertainty''. Proceedings of the First International Conference on AI Planning Systems
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]] ('''1993'''). ''Toward an analysis of forward pruning''. Technical Report, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park University of Maryland, College Park]
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]] ('''1993'''). ''Strategic planning for imperfect-information games''. Technical Report, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park University of Maryland, College Park]
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]] ('''1994'''). ''An Analysis of Forward Pruning''. [[Conferences#AAAI-94|AAAI 1994]], [http://www.aaai.org/Papers/AAAI/1994/AAAI94-213.pdf pdf]
==1995 ...==
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]], [[Thomas A. Throop]] ('''1996'''). ''A Planning Approach to Declarer Play in Contract Bridge''. Computational Intelligence, Vol. 12
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]], [[Thomas A. Throop]] ('''1996'''). ''Total-Order Multi-Agent Task-Network Planning for Contract Bridge''. [[Conferences#AAAI-96|AAAI 1996]]
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]] ('''1997'''). ''Task-Network Planning using Total-Order Forward Search, and Applications to Bridge and to Microwave Module Manufacture''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park University of Maryland, College Park], advisor [[Dana S. Nau]]
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]], [[Thomas A. Throop]] ('''1998'''). ''Success in Spades: Using AI Planning Techniques to Win the World Championship of Computer Bridge''. [[Conferences#AAAI-98|AAAI 1998]]
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]], [[Thomas A. Throop]] ('''1998'''). ''Computer Bridge: A Big Win for AI Planning''. AI Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 2
=External Links=
* [http://www.greatgameproducts.com/ Great Game Products]
: [http://www.greatgameproducts.com/about_us Great Game Products - About Us]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=156469 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Stephen Smith]
=References=
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'''Stephen Joseph J. Smith''',<br/>
an American computer scientist and lead programmer <ref>[http://www.greatgameproducts.com/about_us Great Game Products - About Us]</ref> at ''Great Game Products'', the makers of '''Bridge Baron'', the 1997 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bridge#World_Computer-Bridge_Championship world champion] of [[Bridge|computer bridge]], where he along with [[Dana S. Nau]] and [[Thomas A. Throop]] developed the [[Planning|AI-planning]] techniques <ref>[http://www.cs.umd.edu/%7Enau/bridge/bridge.html Bridge Baron - The 1997 world champion of computer bridge uses AI planning techniques to plan its declarer play]</ref>.
He holds a Ph.D. in 1997 from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park University of Maryland, College Park] on search and planning applied to Bridge <ref>[[Stephen J.J. Smith]] ('''1997'''). ''Task-Network Planning using Total-Order Forward Search, and Applications to Bridge and to Microwave Module Manufacture''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park University of Maryland, College Park], advisor [[Dana S. Nau]]</ref>, and co-authored several papers on that topic as well on [[Pruning|forward pruning]] <ref>[[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]] ('''1994'''). ''An Analysis of Forward Pruning''. [[Conferences#AAAI-94|AAAI 1994]], [http://www.aaai.org/Papers/AAAI/1994/AAAI94-213.pdf pdf]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
<ref>[https://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hy/s/Smith:Stephen_J=_J=.html dblp: Stephen J. J. Smith]</ref> <ref>[http://ilk.uvt.nl/icga/journal/docs/References.pdf ICGA Reference Database] (pdf)</ref>
==1990 ...==
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]], [[Thomas A. Throop]] ('''1992'''). ''A hierarchical approach to strategic planning with non-cooperating agents under conditions of uncertainty''. Proceedings of the First International Conference on AI Planning Systems
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]] ('''1993'''). ''Toward an analysis of forward pruning''. Technical Report, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park University of Maryland, College Park]
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]] ('''1993'''). ''Strategic planning for imperfect-information games''. Technical Report, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park University of Maryland, College Park]
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]] ('''1994'''). ''An Analysis of Forward Pruning''. [[Conferences#AAAI-94|AAAI 1994]], [http://www.aaai.org/Papers/AAAI/1994/AAAI94-213.pdf pdf]
==1995 ...==
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]], [[Thomas A. Throop]] ('''1996'''). ''A Planning Approach to Declarer Play in Contract Bridge''. Computational Intelligence, Vol. 12
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]], [[Thomas A. Throop]] ('''1996'''). ''Total-Order Multi-Agent Task-Network Planning for Contract Bridge''. [[Conferences#AAAI-96|AAAI 1996]]
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]] ('''1997'''). ''Task-Network Planning using Total-Order Forward Search, and Applications to Bridge and to Microwave Module Manufacture''. Ph.D. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_College_Park University of Maryland, College Park], advisor [[Dana S. Nau]]
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]], [[Thomas A. Throop]] ('''1998'''). ''Success in Spades: Using AI Planning Techniques to Win the World Championship of Computer Bridge''. [[Conferences#AAAI-98|AAAI 1998]]
* [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], [[Dana S. Nau]], [[Thomas A. Throop]] ('''1998'''). ''Computer Bridge: A Big Win for AI Planning''. AI Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 2
=External Links=
* [http://www.greatgameproducts.com/ Great Game Products]
: [http://www.greatgameproducts.com/about_us Great Game Products - About Us]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=156469 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Stephen Smith]
=References=
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