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PickPocket

Authors

PersonRole
Mike Smithengine programmer

Participations

VersionTournamentTitleParticipantsScoreGames
Pool, 2008, BeijingSilver medal434.0
Pool (Computational), 2006, TurinGold medal5148.04
UofAPool, 2005, TaipeiGold medal4200.03

Description

Description given in 2008:

PickPocket is the result of my MSc research and reigning Computational Pool champion. It uses a Monte-Carlo game-tree search approach to shot selection.