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Stephen Joseph J. Smith,
an American computer scientist and lead programmer ^[1] at Great Game Products ^[2], the makers of Bridge Baron, the 1997 world champion of computer bridge ^[3], where he along with Dana Nau and Thomas A. Throop developed the AI-planning techniques ^{[4] [5]}. He holds a Ph.D. in 1997 from University of Maryland, College Park on search and planning applied to Bridge ^[6], and co-authored several papers on that topic as well on forward pruning ^[7].

Selected Publications

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• Stephen J.J. Smith, Dana S. Nau, Thomas A. Throop (1992). A hierarchical approach to strategic planning with non-cooperating agents under conditions of uncertainty. Proceedings of the First International Conference on AI Planning Systems
• Stephen J.J. Smith, Dana S. Nau (1993). Toward an analysis of forward pruning. Technical Report, University of Maryland, College Park
• Stephen J.J. Smith, Dana S. Nau (1993). Strategic planning for imperfect-information games. Technical Report, University of Maryland, College Park
• Stephen J.J. Smith, Dana S. Nau (1994). An Analysis of Forward Pruning. Proceedings AAAI 1994, pdf
• Stephen J.J. Smith, Dana S. Nau, Thomas A. Throop (1996). A Planning Approach to Declarer Play in Contract Bridge. Computational Intelligence, Vol. 12
• Stephen J.J. Smith, Dana S. Nau, Thomas A. Throop (1996). Total-Order Multi-Agent Task-Network Planning for Contract Bridge. AAAI/IAAI 1996
• Stephen J.J. Smith (1997). Task-Network Planning using Total-Order Forward Search, and Applications to Bridge and to Microwave Module Manufacture. Ph.D. thesis, University of Maryland, College Park, advisor Dana Nau
• Stephen J.J. Smith, Dana S. Nau, Thomas A. Throop (1998). Success in Spades: Using AI Planning Techniques to Win the World Championship of Computer Bridge. AAAI/IAAI 1998
• Stephen J.J. Smith, Dana S. Nau, Thomas A. Throop (1998). Computer Bridge: A Big Win for AI Planning. AI Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 2

External Links

• Great Game Products
  Great Game Products - About Us
• The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Stephen Smith

References

1. ^ Great Game Products - About Us
2. ^ Great Game Products
3. ^ 1997 Baron Barclay World Computer Bridge Championship by Alvin Levy
4. ^ Bridge Baron - The 1997 world champion of computer bridge uses AI planning techniques to plan its declarer play
5. ^ Jussi Tella (1997). Planning in Games. Seminar on Knowledge Engineering, Fall 1997, Helsinki University of Technology
6. ^ Stephen J.J. Smith (1997). Task-Network Planning using Total-Order Forward Search, and Applications to Bridge and to Microwave Module Manufacture. Ph.D. thesis, University of Maryland, College Park, advisor Dana Nau
7. ^ Stephen J.J. Smith, Dana S. Nau (1994). An Analysis of Forward Pruning. Proceedings AAAI 1994, pdf
8. ^ dblp: Stephen J. J. Smith
9. ^ ICGA Reference Database (pdf)

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