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What was one of the weaknesses that Kasparov pinpointed in Deep Blue?
What was one of the weaknesses that Kasparov pinpointed in Deep Blue?
- Dependence on stochastic games
- Inability to play adaptable human opponents (correct)
- Lack of positional features in its software
- Slow computation speed
What system configuration allowed the 1997 version of Deep Blue to reach about one billion chess positions per second?
What system configuration allowed the 1997 version of Deep Blue to reach about one billion chess positions per second?
- Combining skills and chance elements
- Use of chance nodes
- Adjustable weights associated with positional features
- 480 chess chips (correct)
What feature of the alpha-beta algorithm helped increase the search speed for Deep Blue in 1997?
What feature of the alpha-beta algorithm helped increase the search speed for Deep Blue in 1997?
- Stochastic game elements
- 40 billion search times increase (correct)
- Adjusted weights for positional features
- Adaptable human opponents
Which game involved a partial game tree shown in the text?
Which game involved a partial game tree shown in the text?
What was the goal of Backgammon as described in the text?
What was the goal of Backgammon as described in the text?
What is a defining characteristic of Stochastic games mentioned in the text?
What is a defining characteristic of Stochastic games mentioned in the text?
What is the maximum number of children a node can have in a Binary Tree?
What is the maximum number of children a node can have in a Binary Tree?
Which search algorithm has a bigger issue with memory requirements compared to execution time?
Which search algorithm has a bigger issue with memory requirements compared to execution time?
What is the time complexity of Depth First Search in terms of number of nodes stored?
What is the time complexity of Depth First Search in terms of number of nodes stored?
What type of heuristic function is used in Informed Search like A* search?
What type of heuristic function is used in Informed Search like A* search?
What does the evaluation function f(n) comprise in Best First Search algorithms?
What does the evaluation function f(n) comprise in Best First Search algorithms?
What is the purpose of the straight-line distance heuristic in Informed Search?
What is the purpose of the straight-line distance heuristic in Informed Search?
What was Kasparov's rating at an all-time high?
What was Kasparov's rating at an all-time high?
Which chess program first demonstrated the effectiveness of an engineering approach emphasizing hardware speed?
Which chess program first demonstrated the effectiveness of an engineering approach emphasizing hardware speed?
Which chess machine became the first national master program in the early 1980s?
Which chess machine became the first national master program in the early 1980s?
In which year did Deep Thought II claim a spot as a top chess program in the world?
In which year did Deep Thought II claim a spot as a top chess program in the world?
Which chess machine won the second Fredkin Intermediate Prize for Grandmaster-level performance in 1988?
Which chess machine won the second Fredkin Intermediate Prize for Grandmaster-level performance in 1988?
In which year did Deep Blue debut in the first Kasparov versus Deep Blue match?
In which year did Deep Blue debut in the first Kasparov versus Deep Blue match?
What is the Minimax principle in adversarial search?
What is the Minimax principle in adversarial search?
In Minimax, what is the value of a MAX node?
In Minimax, what is the value of a MAX node?
How many legal moves, on average, are there in Tic-Tac-Toe?
How many legal moves, on average, are there in Tic-Tac-Toe?
What does 'bd' represent in the context of Chess in Minimax?
What does 'bd' represent in the context of Chess in Minimax?
In multiplayer games with limited time, why is it not practical to search all leaves?
In multiplayer games with limited time, why is it not practical to search all leaves?
What is one solution to make Minimax practical with limited time in multiplayer games?
What is one solution to make Minimax practical with limited time in multiplayer games?
What is the purpose of using pruning in a game tree?
What is the purpose of using pruning in a game tree?
In the expression Minimax(root) = max(min(3, 12, 8), min(2, X, Y), min(14, 5, 2)), what does the 'min' function do?
In the expression Minimax(root) = max(min(3, 12, 8), min(2, X, Y), min(14, 5, 2)), what does the 'min' function do?
What values do 'X' and 'Y' represent in the expression Minimax(root) = max(min(3, 12, 8), min(2, X , Y), min(14, 5, 2))?
What values do 'X' and 'Y' represent in the expression Minimax(root) = max(min(3, 12, 8), min(2, X , Y), min(14, 5, 2))?
What is the purpose of keeping track of 'alpha' and 'beta' in a game tree search?
What is the purpose of keeping track of 'alpha' and 'beta' in a game tree search?
How are Minimax decisions affected by the values of 'A', 'B', and 'Z'?
How are Minimax decisions affected by the values of 'A', 'B', and 'Z'?
Which strategy is mentioned as performing a DFS (Depth-First Search) similar to Minimax?
Which strategy is mentioned as performing a DFS (Depth-First Search) similar to Minimax?
