Proof-number search
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proof-number-search-297-15965976
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Proof-number search
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Proof-number search (short: PN search) is a game tree search algorithm invented by Victor Allis, with applications mostly in endgame solvers, but also for sub-goals during games. Using a binary goal (e.g. first player wins the game), game trees of two-person perfect-information games can be mapped to an and–or tree. Maximizing nodes become OR-nodes, minimizing nodes are mapped to AND-nodes. For all nodes proof and disproof numbers are stored, and updated during the search. To each node of the pa
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Game tree search algorithm
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof-number_search
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2023-08-22T15:21:49Z
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