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  2. Learn how to apply alpha-beta pruning, a technique to optimize the minimax algorithm for game tree search. See an example of alpha-beta pruning with a chess board and the conditions, rules and complexity of the algorithm.

  3. Jan 16, 2023 · Alpha-Beta pruning is not actually a new algorithm, but rather an optimization technique for the minimax algorithm. It reduces the computation time by a huge factor. This allows us to search much faster and even go into deeper levels in the game tree.

  4. D3.js web app for visualizing and understanding the Alpha-Beta Pruning algorithm. Developed for UC Berkeley's CS61B.

    • Introduction
    • What Is Alpha Beta Pruning?
    • Condition For Alpha-Beta Pruning
    • Minimax Algorithm
    • Key Points in Alpha-Beta Pruning
    • Working of Alpha-Beta Pruning
    • Move Ordering in Pruning
    • Rules to Find Good Ordering
    • Codes in Python
    • Further Reading

    The word ‘pruning’ means cutting down branches and leaves. In data science pruning is a much-used term which refers to post and pre-pruning in decision trees and random forest. Alpha-beta pruning is nothing but the pruning of useless branches in decision trees. This alpha-beta pruning algorithm was discovered independently by researchers in the 190...

    The minimax algorithm is optimised via alpha-beta pruning, which is detailed in the next section. The requirement for pruning arose from the fact that decision trees might become extremely complex in some circumstances. Some superfluous branches in that tree add to the model’s complexity. To circumvent this, Alpha-Beta pruning is used, which saves ...

    Alpha: At any point along the Maximizer path, Alpha is the best option or the highest value we’ve discovered. The initial value for alpha is – ∞.
    Beta: At any point along the Minimizer path, Beta is the best option or the lowest value we’ve discovered.. The initial value for alpha is + ∞.
    The condition for Alpha-beta Pruning is that α >= β.
    The alpha and beta values of each node must be kept track of. Alpha can only be updated when it’s MAX’s time, and beta can only be updated when it’s MIN’s turn.

    Minimax is a classic depth-first search technique for a sequential two-player game. The two players are called MAX and MIN. The minimax algorithm is designed for finding the optimal move for MAX, the player at the root node. The search tree is created by recursively expanding all nodes from the root in a depth-first manner until either the end of t...

    Alpha:    Alpha is the best choice or the highest value that we have found at any instance along the path of Maximizer. The initial value for alpha is – ∞.

    We will first start with the initial move. We will initially define the alpha and beta values as the worst case i.e. α = -∞ and β= +∞. We will prune the node only when alpha becomes greater than or...

    The effectiveness of alpha – beta pruning is based on the order in which node is examined. Move ordering plays an important role in alpha beta pruning. There are two types of move ordering in Alpha beta pruning: 1. Worst Ordering: In some cases of alpha beta pruning none of the node pruned by the algorithm and works like standard minimax algorithm....

    The best move happens from the lowest node
    Use domain knowledge while finding the best move
    Order of nodes should be in such a way that the best nodes will be computed first

    In this document we have seen an important component of game theory. Although the minimax algorithm’s performance is good but the algorithm is slow. So to make it fast we use alpha-beta pruning algorithm which will cut down the unusual nodes from the decision tree to improve the performance. Nowadays fast and well-performed algorithm is widely used...

  5. Alpha-Beta PruningExample 05-33-3 -3 0 2 -2 3 5 253-5 015 1-30 55 -3 2 Minimax on a 6-ply game Horizon depth: h = 6 Heuristic Evaluation. Alpha-Beta Pruning ...

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  6. Perform a minimax search with alpha-beta pruning, traversing the tree, and list the order in which you statically evaluate the nodes (that is, you would start with E). Write your answer below. Note that there is, at the end of this quiz, a tear-off sheet with copies of the tree.

  7. Mar 31, 2017 · How does alpha-beta pruning work? Initialize alpha = -infinity and beta = infinity as the worst possible cases. The condition to prune a node is when alpha becomes greater than or equal to beta. Start with assigning the initial values of alpha and beta to root and since alpha is less than beta we don’t prune it. Carry these values of alpha ...