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under [[Mathematician#RETarjan|Robert E. Tarjan]] and [[John H. Conway]] <ref>[https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=87407 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Warren Smith]</ref>.  
 
under [[Mathematician#RETarjan|Robert E. Tarjan]] and [[John H. Conway]] <ref>[https://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=87407 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Warren Smith]</ref>.  
 
He was affiliated with the [[Bell Laboratories|AT&T Bell Laboratories]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC_Corporation_of_America NEC Research Institute], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey Princeton, New Jersey], where he wrote most of his papers during the 90s, and with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIMACS DIMACS].  
 
He was affiliated with the [[Bell Laboratories|AT&T Bell Laboratories]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC_Corporation_of_America NEC Research Institute], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey Princeton, New Jersey], where he wrote most of his papers during the 90s, and with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIMACS DIMACS].  
His research interest covers the broad range of mathematics, physics, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_theory information theory], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science computer science] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics politics], amongst other things on [[Algorithms|algorithms]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding_theory coding theory], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography cryptography], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorics combinatorics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_complexity_theory computational complexity], [[Search|game tree search]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory game theory], computer chess, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics quantum mechanics],  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_statistics Bayesian statistics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting range voting] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy direct democracy]. With the advent of [[Deep Learning|deep learning]] [[Monte-Carlo Tree Search|MCTS]] chess engines after the [[AlphaZero]] publications, Warren D. Smith discussed [[Leela Chess Zero]] as well as [[Stockfish]] topics in [[Computer Chess Forums|LCZero]] and [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]] forums.
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His research interest covers the broad range of mathematics, physics, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_theory information theory], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science computer science] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics politics], amongst other things on [[Algorithms|algorithms]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding_theory coding theory], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography cryptography], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorics combinatorics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_complexity_theory computational complexity], [[Search|game tree search]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory game theory], computer chess, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics quantum mechanics],  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_statistics Bayesian statistics], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_voting range voting] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_democracy direct democracy]. With the advent of [[Deep Learning|deep learning]] [[Monte-Carlo Tree Search|MCTS]] chess engines after the [[AlphaZero]] publications, Warren D. Smith contributed to [[Leela Chess Zero]] as well as [[Stockfish]] discussions in [[Computer Chess Forums|LCZero]] and [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]] forums respectively.
  
 
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* [[Eric B. Baum]], [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''1997'''). ''[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-Bayesian-Approach-to-Relevance-in-Game-Playing-Baum-Smith/a157ece9e259fda728485373234d119addd1fe25 A Bayesian Approach to Relevance in Game Playing]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_%28journal%29 Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 97
 
* [[Eric B. Baum]], [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''1997'''). ''[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-Bayesian-Approach-to-Relevance-in-Game-Playing-Baum-Smith/a157ece9e259fda728485373234d119addd1fe25 A Bayesian Approach to Relevance in Game Playing]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_Intelligence_%28journal%29 Artificial Intelligence], Vol. 97
 
* [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''1998'''). ''Taking the Fuzz Out of Fuzzy Logic''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC_Corporation_of_America NEC Research Institute]
 
* [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''1998'''). ''Taking the Fuzz Out of Fuzzy Logic''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC_Corporation_of_America NEC Research Institute]
* [[Eric B. Baum]], [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''1999'''). ''[https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/089976699300016881?journalCode=neco Propagating Distributions Up Directed Acyclic Graphs]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_Computation_%28journal%29 Neural Computation], Vol. 11, No. 1
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* [[Eric B. Baum]], [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''1999'''). ''[https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/089976699300016881?journalCode=neco Propagating Distributions Up Directed Acyclic Graphs]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_Computation_%28journal%29 Neural Computation], Vol. 11, No. 1 <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/lczero/c/TLCMkkdm1hw/m/SgbGghzhBAAJ Re: Idea: use range (evalMin - evalMax) for position evaluation] by [[Álvaro Begué]], [[Computer Chess Forums|LCZero Forum]], May 28, 2021</ref>
 
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* [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''2000'''). ''[https://www.rangevoting.org/WarrenSmithPages/homepage/rangevote.sue Range Voting]''. [https://www.rangevoting.org/WarrenSmithPages/homepage/rangevote.pdf pdf]
 
* [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''2000'''). ''[https://www.rangevoting.org/WarrenSmithPages/homepage/rangevote.sue Range Voting]''. [https://www.rangevoting.org/WarrenSmithPages/homepage/rangevote.pdf pdf]
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* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lczero/xtyGkXqeeTY/0j_DeIbkBAAJ Tcec season 18] by [[Warren D. Smith]], [[Computer Chess Forums|LCZero Forum]], June 14, 2020 » [[TCEC Season 18]]
 
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lczero/xtyGkXqeeTY/0j_DeIbkBAAJ Tcec season 18] by [[Warren D. Smith]], [[Computer Chess Forums|LCZero Forum]], June 14, 2020 » [[TCEC Season 18]]
 
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/Tc7XRkbRrSs/mqR5NjfcBQAJ Tcec season 18] by [[Warren D. Smith]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], June 14, 2020
 
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/Tc7XRkbRrSs/mqR5NjfcBQAJ Tcec season 18] by [[Warren D. Smith]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], June 14, 2020
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: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/Tc7XRkbRrSs/x9tUlRK1AgAJ Re: Tcec season 18] by [[Warren D. Smith]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], June 28, 2020 » [[Pawn Center]], [[TCEC Season 18#Sufi63|TCEC Season 18 Sufi Game 63 10... c4]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Soltis Andrew Soltis] ('''1976, 1995, 2013'''). ''Pawn Structure Chess''. Tartan Books, 1995 McKay, 2013 Batsford Chess</ref>
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* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/fishcooking/EBKQSrb9I08/5xasTnnSCAAJ stockfishNNUE vs others (TCEC 18 bonus)] by [[Warren D. Smith]], [[Computer Chess Forums|FishCooking]], July 14, 2020
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* [https://groups.google.com/g/lczero/c/gecAk5DflmE/m/lUGWpjZXBwAJ KataGo] by [[Warren D. Smith]], [[Computer Chess Forums|LCZero Forum]], March 16, 2021
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* [https://groups.google.com/g/lczero/c/TLCMkkdm1hw/m/F9JjnN8FBQAJ Re: Idea: use range (evalMin - evalMax) for position evaluation] by [[Warren D. Smith]], [[Computer Chess Forums|LCZero Forum]], May 29, 2021 <ref>[[Eric B. Baum]], [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''1999'''). ''[https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/089976699300016881?journalCode=neco Propagating Distributions Up Directed Acyclic Graphs]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_Computation_%28journal%29 Neural Computation], Vol. 11, No. 1</ref>
  
 
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Home * People * Warren D. Smith

Warren Douglas Smith,
an American physicist, mathematician, general theoretical scientist, and in 2005 founder of the Center of Range Voting [1]. He received a double B.Sc. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in physics and mathematics, and a Ph.D. at Princeton University in the field of applied mathematics on computational geometry motivated by Mesh generation, under Robert E. Tarjan and John H. Conway [2]. He was affiliated with the AT&T Bell Laboratories, the NEC Research Institute, Princeton, New Jersey, where he wrote most of his papers during the 90s, and with DIMACS. His research interest covers the broad range of mathematics, physics, information theory, computer science and politics, amongst other things on algorithms, coding theory, cryptography, combinatorics, computational complexity, game tree search, game theory, computer chess, quantum mechanics, Bayesian statistics, range voting and direct democracy. With the advent of deep learning MCTS chess engines after the AlphaZero publications, Warren D. Smith contributed to Leela Chess Zero as well as Stockfish discussions in LCZero and FishCooking forums respectively.

Test Suite for Chess Programs

In 1993, along with Kevin J. Lang, Warren D. Smith published and described a test suite for chess programs of about 5500 positions, optically scanned from chess books. The suite is arranged in a number of files, each file being thematic by difficulty, tactical, positional and others [3].

BPIP-DFISA

Along with Eric B. Baum et al., Warren D. Smith worked and published on game tree search, in particular the BPIP-DFISA (Best play for imperfect players - Depth free independent staircase approximation) search control model [4] [5], further generalized in 2004 by Yan Radovilsky and Solomon Eyal Shimony [6].

Smith Notation

Warren D. Smith proposed the Smith notation [7] as used in the Internet Chess Club chess server. The Smith notation encodes moves without any ambiguity using from-square, to-square, and to make it reversible, the captured piece if any - so it is as easy to go backwards as forwards while re-playing a game.

Selected Publications

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Forum Posts

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2019

2020

Re: Tcec season 18 by Warren D. Smith, FishCooking, June 28, 2020 » Pawn Center, TCEC Season 18 Sufi Game 63 10... c4 [18]

2021

External Links

The Future of Computers, AI (artificial intelligence), etc -- aka, You're gonna die, sucker by Warren D. Smith, March 07, 2013

References

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