Computer Science Resources for the Game of Pig

The Game of Pig website - optimal applet, solution visualizations, resource links

CCSCNE'06:

• Todd W. Neller, Clifton G.M. Presser, Ingrid Russell, Zdravko Markov.  Pedagogical Possibilities for the Dice Game Pig.  Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 149-161, June 2006.
• CCSCNE'06 PowerPoint presentation

CS1 Exercises:

• A collection of CS1 exercises, including bottom-up, milestone-based development of a Pig game, Monte Carlo estimation assignments, GUI game implementation, and object-oriented game implementation.
• If-else chain exercise for an optimal Piglet advisor (problem 5)

Solving the Dice Game Pig project from Machine Learning Laboratory Experiences for Introducing Students to Artificial Intelligence (MLExAI)

The UMAP Journal:

• Todd W. Neller and Clifton G.M. Presser. Optimal Play of the Dice Game Pig, The UMAP Journal 25(1) (2004), pp. 25-47. 
• Todd W. Neller and Clifton G.M. Presser. Pigtail: A Pig Addendum, The UMAP Journal 26(4) (2005), pp. 443-458.
• Todd W. Neller and Clifton G.M. Presser. Practical Play of the Dice Game Pig, The UMAP Journal 31(1) (2010), pp. 5-19. 

If you have Pig-related resources for teaching computer science, and you would like to add them to this list, please e-mail me at the address below.

Todd Neller