Andrew Tridgell, an Australian programmer, primary author of the TD-learning chess program KnightCap [1] and best known as the major developer of the Samba software. His Ph.D. thesis Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization [2] at the Australian National University was based on his work on the rsync algorithm.
Andrew Tridgell [3]

Selected Publications

• Andrew Tridgell (1997). KnightCap — a parallel chess program on the AP1000+. zipped ps
• Jonathan Baxter, Andrew Tridgell, Lex Weaver (1998). Knightcap: A chess program that learns by combining td(λ) with game-tree search, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Machine Learning, pdf via citeseerX
• Jonathan Baxter, Andrew Tridgell, Lex Weaver (1998). TDLeaf(lambda): Combining Temporal Difference Learning with Game-Tree Search. Australian Journal of Intelligent Information Processing Systems, Vol. 5 No. 1, arXiv:cs/9901001
• Jonathan Baxter, Andrew Tridgell, Lex Weaver (1998). Experiments in Parameter Learning Using Temporal Differences, ICCA Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2, pdf
• Andrew Tridgell (1999). Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization. Ph.D. thesis, The Australian National University, advisor Richard P. Brent, pdf
• Jonathan Baxter, Andrew Tridgell, Lex Weaver (2000). Learning to Play Chess Using Temporal Differences. Machine Learning, Vol 40, No. 3, pdf

Forum Posts

• KnightCap 1.0 by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, February 27, 1997
• Re: Going commercial, maybe by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, March 9, 1997 » 3D Graphics Board
• Re: Computer Chess Planning by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, March 17, 1997
• Parallel searching by Andrew Tridgell, post 16, rgcc, March 22, 1997 » Parallel Search
• KnightCap v1.8 by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, April 03, 1997
• Re: computer chess "oracle" ideas... by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, April 03, 1997 » Oracle
• quiescence search by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, April 16, 1997 » Quiescence Search, Check, Crafty
• Re: Bit Board Bonkers?? - other alternatives by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, August 9, 1997 » Piece-Sets
• asymmetry by Andrew Tridgell, rgcc, August 12, 1997 » Asymmetric evaluation

External Links

• Andrew Tridgell's homepage
• Andrew Tridgell from Wikipedia
• The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Andrew Tridgell
• Andrew Tridgell from Dictionaries and Encyclopedias on 'Academic'
• chessexpress: Tridge by Shaun Press, July 23, 2007

References

1. ^ Welcome to the KnightCap home page
2. ^ Andrew Tridgell (1999). Efficient Algorithms for Sorting and Synchronization. Ph.D. thesis, The Australian National University, advisor Richard P. Brent, pdf
3. ^ Andrew Tridgell's homepage
4. ^ DBLP: Andrew Tridgell

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