The Games that Computers (and Humans) Play: A Non-Technical Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
Author:   Jonathan Schaeffer (University of Alberta Computing Science, Alberta, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   314
Publication Date:   30 April 2026
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The Games that Computers (and Humans) Play: A Non-Technical Introduction to Artificial Intelligence


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Author:   Jonathan Schaeffer (University of Alberta Computing Science, Alberta, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Chapman & Hall/CRC
Weight:   0.770kg
ISBN:  

9781032936611


ISBN 10:   1032936614
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   30 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Jonathan Schaeffer is an internationally known researcher in artificial intelligence and a distinguished University Professor of Computing Science, University of Alberta. He is Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Jonathan was lead author of CHINOOK, the first program to win a human world championship in any game (checkers), 1994, co-author of POLARIS, the first program to achieve world-class play in poker, and holder of two Guinness World Records for Artificial Intelligence research (checkers- and poker-playing programs). He is author of One Jump Ahead (Springer-Verlag, 1997 and 2008) and Man Versus Machine: Challenging Human Supremacy at Chess (Russell Enterprises, 2018).

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