Artificial intelligence for games. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Authors: Millington, Ian; Funge, John David, 1968-
• Contents: AI and Games; Introduction; What Is AI?; Model of Game AI; Algorithms, Data Structures, and Representations; On the Website; Layout of the Book; Game AI ; The Complexity Fallacy; The Kind of AI in Games; Speed and Memory; The AI Engine; Techniques; Movement ; The Basics of Movement Algorithms; Kinematic Movement Algorithms; Steering Behaviors; Combining Steering Behaviors; Predicting Physics; Jumping; Coordinated Movement; Motor Control; Movement in the Third Dimension; Pathfinding ; The Pathfinding Graph; Dijkstra; A*; World Representations; Improving on A*; Hierarchical Pathfinding; Other Ideas in Pathfinding; Continuous Time Pathfinding; Movement Planning; Decision Making ; Overview of Decision Making; Decision Trees; State Machines; Behavior Trees; Fuzzy Logic; Markov Systems; Goal-Oriented Behavior; Rule-Based Systems; Blackboard Architectures; Scripting; Action Execution; Tactical and Strategic AI ; Waypoint Tactics; Tactical Analyses; Tactical Pathfinding; Coordinated Action; Learning ; Learning Basics; Parameter Modification; Action Prediction; Decision Learning; Naive Bayes Classifiers; Decision Tree Learning; Reinforcement Learning; Artificial Neural Networks; Board Games ; Game Theory; Minimaxing; Transposition Tables and Memory; Memory-Enhanced Test Algorithms; Opening Books and Other Set Plays; Further Optimizations; Turn-Based Strategy Games; ; Supporting Technologies; Execution Management ; Scheduling; Anytime Algorithms; Level of Detail; World Interfacing ; Communication; Getting Knowledge Efficiently; Event Managers; Polling Stations; Sense Management; Tools and Content Creation ; Knowledge for Pathfinding and Waypoint Tactics; Knowledge for Movement; Knowledge for Decision Making; The Toolchain; Designing Game AI; Designing Game AI ; The Design; Shooters; Driving; Real-Time Strategy; Sports; Turn-Based Strategy Games; AI-Based Game Genres ; Teaching Characters; Flocking and Herding Games; Appendix ; Books, Periodicals, and Papers; Games;
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 794.81526; Computer games -- Programming; Artificial intelligence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315360577
• Related ISBNs: 9781315362991; 9781315375229
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