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Killer heuristic

Known as: Killer move, Killer move heuristic 
In competitive two-player games, the killer heuristic is a technique for improving the efficiency of alpha-beta pruning, which in turn improves the… 
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Alpha–beta pruningComputer ArimaaComputer chessIterative deepening depth-first search

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2014
2014
Incorporating Policy-Based Authorization Framework in Audit Rule Ontology for Continuous Process Auditing in Complex Distributed Systems
Complex distributed information systems that run their activities in the form of processes require continuous auditing of a… 
2013
2013
Imaging , Diagnosis , Prognosis HLA and Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptor Genes as Outcome Predictors of Hepatitis C Virus – Related Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Purpose: We evaluated the impact of the killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) of natural killer (NK) cells and of their HLA… 
2013
2013
Human Leukocyte Antigen and Killer Immunoglobulin-like receptor genes as outcome predictors of hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma
Natural killer (NK) cells play a major role in anti-tumor immune response. The genotypes of NK Killer Immunoglobulin-like… 
2009
2009
Evolving Computer Chinese Chess Using Guided Learning
This chapter explores the feasibility of using genetic algorithms to improve the evaluation of Chinese chess programs. A game… 
2007
2007
Multi-UAV System for Inventory Automation
This paper discusses the high-level design considerations and implementation challenges of an RFID-reader-equipped multi-UAV… 
2007
2007
Evolutionary‐based heuristic generators for checkers and give‐away checkers
Abstract: Two methods of genetic evolution of linear and non‐linear heuristic evaluation functions for the game of checkers and… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Computer Chess: Ten Years of Significant Progress
1988
1988
Tree-searching and tree-pruning techniques
This paper first discusses the now standard tree searching techniques of mini-max and alpha-beta and the recent improvements to… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
Parallel Search of Strongly Ordered Game Trees Contents Introduction 1. Sequential Search Algorithms 2. Enhancements to Alpha-beta Searching 2.1 Aspiration Search 2.2 Transposition Table 2.3 Killer…
The \alpha-beta" algorithm forms the basis of many programs that search game trees. A number of methods have been designed to… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
The principal continuation and the killer heuristic
An algorithm is presented for obtaining the principal continuation in trees searched by two-person game playing programs based on… 
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