Interface GameTreeSearcher

All Known Implementing Classes:

MinimaxSearcher

public interface GameTreeSearcher

GameTreeSearcher.java - a simple interface for a game-tree search class Created: Wed Oct 16 16:44:00 2002

Method Summary

double	eval(GameNode node) eval - Returns the estimated minimax value of the given node.
int	getBestMove() getBestMove - Returns the best move for the node most recently evaluated.
int	getNodeCount() getNodeCount - Returns the number of nodes searched for the previous node evaluation

Method Detail

eval

public double eval(GameNode node)

eval - Returns the estimated minimax value of the given node.

Parameters:

node - a GameNode value

Returns:

a double value - estimated minimax value of node

getBestMove

public int getBestMove()

getBestMove - Returns the best move for the node most recently evaluated.

Returns:

an int value encoding the move

getNodeCount

public int getNodeCount()

getNodeCount - Returns the number of nodes searched for the previous node evaluation

Returns:

an int value - number of nodes searched