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Subject: Re: GA For Starfleet Battles? or How To Kill Each Other (Efficiently)
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In article <39fqdd$218@network.ucsd.edu> czapara@waynesworld.ucsd.edu (Chris Zapara) writes:
>From: czapara@waynesworld.ucsd.edu (Chris Zapara)
>Subject: Re: GA For Starfleet Battles? or How To Kill Each Other (Efficiently)
>Date: 5 Nov 1994 11:30:53 GMT

<snip.snip.snip>

>Last year I designed a neural net that played Star Control (that Accolade 
>game). It didn't actually fly the ships (which is what I think you're looking 
>for?), but it did make strategic choices using a fleet of 7 starships of 
>varrying abilities.  When tenured, the net performed over twice as well as 
>the game's preexisting AI's in real games.  The thing learned by observing 
>expert players make choices, and then generalizing from them, much like we 
>do; it became a distributed expert system.
>If you want to explore the actual Spacewar-type of flying, I'd suggest the
>paper on Rambot, the neural net Robots player.  I forget the author's name,
>but he provided I think a nice representation of local and global game
>spaces to teach the network in.  I wanted to implement flying in my project, but
>it required both more time (more than one quarter) and more programming
>(getting into the actual game code instead of relaying net choices by hand) than
>I had time for.

I think I'm against actually making them learn to fly..  In my system I'm 
definately giving them the builtin ability to flt.  Tactics is my main focus.  
I believe a flight engine for my project is WAY overambitious.. :)  Anyway..  
I'm going to dive into the include files and basic project layout today..  Fun 
fun fun.  :)

BTW...   To all of those who responded to me via mail, I'm sorry I haven't 
gotten back to you yet..  I've got about 50 reponses to this idea... "Can I 
help"  "You ought to read Dr. Suchnsuch's paper"  "I have a system for.."  "My 
idea was..."  "I was thinking about that, but".    :)  TONS o' responses!  And 
thank you every single one of them!  I'm trying to reply as fast as I can, but 
I'm a bit busy!



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