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an American mechanical engineer, pioneer in [[Bridge]] programming, and founder of ''Great Game Products'' <ref>[http://www.greatgameproducts.com/ Great Game Products]</ref>, the makers of ''Bridge Baron''. | an American mechanical engineer, pioneer in [[Bridge]] programming, and founder of ''Great Game Products'' <ref>[http://www.greatgameproducts.com/ Great Game Products]</ref>, the makers of ''Bridge Baron''. | ||
He is strong bridge, chess and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess correspondence chess] player, and has written a first computer bridge program on a [[UNIVAC I]] at a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy US Navy] laboratory in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C. Washington, D.C.] in 1958 <ref>[http://www.jackbridge.com/ewkprt.htm#bridgebaron Bridge: Jack - World Computer Bridge Championship Contestants: Bridge Baron]</ref> <ref>[http://www.bridgeguys.com/CGlossary/Computer/CBProgrammers.pdf Participating Computer Bridge Software for the World Computer Bridge Championship and the History of these Software Programs - Summary of Participants at Computer Olympiads See: Computer Olympiad] (pdf)</ref>. | He is strong bridge, chess and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess correspondence chess] player, and has written a first computer bridge program on a [[UNIVAC I]] at a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy US Navy] laboratory in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C. Washington, D.C.] in 1958 <ref>[http://www.jackbridge.com/ewkprt.htm#bridgebaron Bridge: Jack - World Computer Bridge Championship Contestants: Bridge Baron]</ref> <ref>[http://www.bridgeguys.com/CGlossary/Computer/CBProgrammers.pdf Participating Computer Bridge Software for the World Computer Bridge Championship and the History of these Software Programs - Summary of Participants at Computer Olympiads See: Computer Olympiad] (pdf)</ref>. | ||
| − | In 1982, he completed the first version of Bridge Baron, and founded ''Great Game Products'' in 1985 <ref>[http://www.gb64.com/game.php?id=17023&d=39 Tom Throop's Bridge Baron - GB64.COM]</ref>. | + | In 1982, he completed the first version of ''Bridge Baron'', and founded ''Great Game Products'' in 1985 <ref>[http://www.gb64.com/game.php?id=17023&d=39 Tom Throop's Bridge Baron - GB64.COM]</ref>. |
| − | In collaboration with [[Vaxchess]] programmer [[Tony Guilfoyle]], Bridge Baron won the Gold medals in 1990/91 at the [[2nd Computer Olympiad#Bridge|2nd]] and [[3rd Computer Olympiad#Bridge|3rd Computer Olympiad]], and the Silver medal at the [[4th Computer Olympiad#Bridge|4th Computer Olympiad, 1992]], the 1990 version commercialized as ''Micro Bridge Companion'' <ref>[https://www.amazon.com/BRIDGE-COMPANION-DISKETTE-PROGRAMS-GUILFOYLE/dp/B000KX4VPC Micro Bridge Companion - Programs by Tom Throop and Tony Guilfoyle] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com Amazon.com]</ref> <ref>[[Ian Frank]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7998822-search-and-planning-under-incomplete-information Search and Planning Under Incomplete Information: A Study Using Bridge Card Play]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer], 1996 Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Edinburgh]]</ref>. | + | In collaboration with [[Vaxchess]] programmer [[Tony Guilfoyle]], ''Bridge Baron'' won the Gold medals in 1990/91 at the [[2nd Computer Olympiad#Bridge|2nd]] and [[3rd Computer Olympiad#Bridge|3rd Computer Olympiad]], and the Silver medal at the [[4th Computer Olympiad#Bridge|4th Computer Olympiad, 1992]], the 1990 version commercialized as ''Micro Bridge Companion'' <ref>[https://www.amazon.com/BRIDGE-COMPANION-DISKETTE-PROGRAMS-GUILFOYLE/dp/B000KX4VPC Micro Bridge Companion - Programs by Tom Throop and Tony Guilfoyle] from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon.com Amazon.com]</ref> <ref>[[Ian Frank]] ('''1998'''). ''[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7998822-search-and-planning-under-incomplete-information Search and Planning Under Incomplete Information: A Study Using Bridge Card Play]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media Springer], 1996 Ph.D. thesis, [[University of Edinburgh]]</ref>. |
Along with [[Dana S. Nau]] and [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], Throop developed sophisticated AI-planning techniques in Bridge Baron <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>, when it became the first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bridge#World_Computer-Bridge_Championship world champion] in 1997. | Along with [[Dana S. Nau]] and [[Stephen J.J. Smith]], Throop developed sophisticated AI-planning techniques in Bridge Baron <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>, when it became the first [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_bridge#World_Computer-Bridge_Championship world champion] in 1997. | ||
In 2001, Thomas A. Throop, Senior passed along the role of managing the company to his son, Thomas Throop, Junior <ref>[http://www.bridgeguys.com/CGlossary/Computer/CBProgrammers.pdf Participating Computer Bridge Software for the World Computer Bridge Championship and the History of these Software Programs - Summary of Participants at Computer Olympiads See: Computer Olympiad] (pdf)</ref>. | In 2001, Thomas A. Throop, Senior passed along the role of managing the company to his son, Thomas Throop, Junior <ref>[http://www.bridgeguys.com/CGlossary/Computer/CBProgrammers.pdf Participating Computer Bridge Software for the World Computer Bridge Championship and the History of these Software Programs - Summary of Participants at Computer Olympiads See: Computer Olympiad] (pdf)</ref>. | ||
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Thomas A. Throop [1]
Thomas A. (Tom) Throop,
an American mechanical engineer, pioneer in Bridge programming, and founder of Great Game Products [2], the makers of Bridge Baron.
He is strong bridge, chess and correspondence chess player, and has written a first computer bridge program on a UNIVAC I at a US Navy laboratory in Washington, D.C. in 1958 [3] [4].
In 1982, he completed the first version of Bridge Baron, and founded Great Game Products in 1985 [5].
In collaboration with Vaxchess programmer Tony Guilfoyle, Bridge Baron won the Gold medals in 1990/91 at the 2nd and 3rd Computer Olympiad, and the Silver medal at the 4th Computer Olympiad, 1992, the 1990 version commercialized as Micro Bridge Companion [6] [7].
Along with Dana S. Nau and Stephen J.J. Smith, Throop developed sophisticated AI-planning techniques in Bridge Baron [8], when it became the first world champion in 1997.
In 2001, Thomas A. Throop, Senior passed along the role of managing the company to his son, Thomas Throop, Junior [9].
Contents
Selected Publications
1960 ...
- Thomas A. Throop (1966). Thoughts on the Development of Computer Learning Programs. Defense Technical Information Center
- Thomas A. Throop (1967). Computer Intelligence to Enhance War Gaming. Defense Technical Information Center
- Albert D. Tholen, Thomas A. Throop (1968). Time-sharing Systems for War-gaming Applications. Defense Technical Information Center
1980 ...
- Tom Throop (1980). New Chess Products. Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 9, pp. 75
- Thomas A. Throop (1983). Computer Bridge. Hayden Book
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, 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. AAAI 1996
- 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. 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, pdf
External Links
References
- ↑ Image from 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, pdf
- ↑ Great Game Products
- ↑ Bridge: Jack - World Computer Bridge Championship Contestants: Bridge Baron
- ↑ Participating Computer Bridge Software for the World Computer Bridge Championship and the History of these Software Programs - Summary of Participants at Computer Olympiads See: Computer Olympiad (pdf)
- ↑ Tom Throop's Bridge Baron - GB64.COM
- ↑ Micro Bridge Companion - Programs by Tom Throop and Tony Guilfoyle from Amazon.com
- ↑ Ian Frank (1998). Search and Planning Under Incomplete Information: A Study Using Bridge Card Play. Springer, 1996 Ph.D. thesis, University of Edinburgh
- ↑ Bridge Baron - The 1997 world champion of computer bridge uses AI planning techniques to plan its declarer play
- ↑ Participating Computer Bridge Software for the World Computer Bridge Championship and the History of these Software Programs - Summary of Participants at Computer Olympiads See: Computer Olympiad (pdf)
- ↑ dblp: Thomas A. Throop
- ↑ ICGA Reference Database (pdf)
