AI and artificial life in video games:
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Main Author: Lecky-Thompson, Guy W. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston Charles River Media/Cengage Technology 2008
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Defining Artificial Intelligence -- Knowledge Management -- AI Put Simply -- Defining Artificial Life -- Top-Down versus Bottom-Up Intelligence -- Ch. 2. Using Artificial Intelligence in Video Games -- AI in Video Games -- Applying the Theories -- Ch. 3. Uses for Artificial Life in Video Games -- Modeling Natural Behavior -- AI Techniques in A-Life -- Using A-Life in Video Game Development -- A-Life in the Design Phase -- A-Life in the Development Phase -- A-Life in Video Game Testing -- Post-Development A-Life -- Ch. 4. The A-Life Programming Paradigm -- A-Life: The Game within the Game -- Evolving Behavior -- Planning the A-Life Implementation -- Summary -- Ch. 5. Building Blocks -- AI and A-Life Building Blocks -- Deploying the Building Blocks -- Ground-Up Deployment -- Summary -- Ch. 6. The Power of Emergent Behavior -- Defining Emergent Behavior -- The "Sum of Parts" Emergence Design -- The Individual Dynamic Emergence Design -- The Group Dynamic Emergence Design -- The Reproductive Mechanism in Emergence -- Ch. 7. Testing with artificial Life -- Testing A-Life -- Bottom-Up Testing -- Testing AI with A-Life -- Testing A-Life with A-Life -- Ch. 8. Several A-Life Examples -- Movement and Interaction -- A-Life Control Systems -- A-Life in Puzzles, Board Games, Simulations -- Video Game Personalities -- Ch. 9. Multiplayer AI and A-Life -- Managing Emergence -- Enhancing the Experience -- Implementing A-Life in Multiplayer Environments -- Ch. 10. The Application of A-Life Outside the Lab -- Simple Genetic Algorithms -- Breeding Behavioral Patterns -- Datasets versus Functionality
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 332 p.)
ISBN:1584505583
1584506164
9781584505587
9781584506164

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