gobackgammon

command module

v0.1.8 Latest Latest Go to latest Published: Jul 11, 2022 License: Apache-2.0 Imports: 10 Imported by: 0

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github.com/chandler37/gobackgammon

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README ¶

gobackgammon

golang is a perfect language for a program that does Monte Carlo simulations of backgammon positions to determine the expected value of points gained for a player. That's because (1) it can easily utilize all available CPU hardware for the computation and (2) the generated code is not as fast as C/C++ but significantly faster than Python/Ruby.

See also the webapp built on top of this, https://github.com/chandler37/gobackgammond

Copyright

See the LICENSE file in this directory.

FAQ

Q: Is it any good? A: Oh yes.

What's next

git grep TODO will show you some future directions, especially the use of Monte-Carlo simulations to improve the AI.
I'd like to use https://github.com/jamiealquiza/tachymeter to measure how long it takes to have ai.MakePlayerConservative(0, nil) play a game against itself. We have make bench right now to give us an idea of performance, but it seems like the variance is surprisingly high.

What do I type?

Don't type anything; instead, start with https://github.com/chandler37/gobackgammond which has a webserver to help visualize the code in this module.

But if you really want to modify this module:

read ./Makefile
install Go
- MacOS? Run brew install go (see https://brew.sh/) to install golang. If your golang is out of date, brew upgrade go.
run 'make check bench`
publish a new git tag for a new version, say v1.m.p
change https://github.com/chandler37/gobackgammond go.mod to reference v1.m.p and run make clean srv

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Source Files ¶

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bg.go

Directories ¶

Path	Synopsis
ai Package ai represents a backgammon player by a function with the signature brd.Chooser (i.e., func([]brd.Board) int).	Package ai represents a backgammon player by a function with the signature brd.Chooser (i.e., func([]brd.Board) int).
brd Package brd has representations of a backgammon playing board, checkers, dice, etc.	Package brd has representations of a backgammon playing board, checkers, dice, etc.
json JSON serialization and deserialization of backgammon	JSON serialization and deserialization of backgammon
svg Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) visualizations of backgammon	Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) visualizations of backgammon

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