			       PROJECTS


A. Playing strength issues.

A1. A good evaluation function.
    I think we can copy LOGISTELLOs directly.

A2. A good endgame module.  
    See what ZEBRA does.

A3. Time control.
    A simple start would be iterative deepening of the search.

A4. A good search algorithm.
    Many of the best programs use Multi ProbCut (MPC), but I think that
    I like Berliners B* algorithm better. At least I would very much
    like to try it. It allows multiple CPUs to work at the game very
    easily. 

    Simple tools we could use for experimenting could be:
    - Zero window search
    - Negascout
    - Iterative deepening
    - A killer hash table.

A5. An opening book.
    Buro (LOGISTELLO) has written a couple of articles, but I think it 
    can be improved upon.

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B. Tools issues

B1. A communication module for the Internet Othello Server (IOS).

B2. Linear regression code for the evaluation function (See articles
    from Buro).

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C. Interface issues

C1.  A workable GUI for X windows.
     Preferrably KDE.
