The Alpha-Beta Heuristic
Author(s) •
Edwards, D.J.
Hart, T.P.
Date Issued
December 1, 1961
Series/Report no.
AIM-030
Abstract
The Alpha-Beta heuristic is a method for pruning unneeded branches from the move tree of a game. The algorithm makes use of information gained about part of the tree to reject those branches which will not affect the principle variation.
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