%%name: backgammon

%%short-description: Plays and analyzes backgammon games and matches.
 
%%full-description: So far the program is able to play cubeless games
and tournament matches, evaluate and roll out positions, tune its own
evaluation functions using either TD or supervised training, maintain
databases of positions for training and other purposes, and more.

The program is driven by a command line interface, and displays an
ASCII rendition of a board on text-only terminals, but also lets the
user play games and manipulate positions with an X11 board window
where available.

The program currently plays at the level of an advanced flight
tournament player (rated in the low 1800s on FIBS). Since almost all
of the CPU time required during supervised training is spent
performing rollouts, and rollouts can easily be performed in parallel,
we hope that users will be able to pool rollout results and
collectively train it to a level stronger than any individual could
maintain.

%%category: games

%%maintainer: Gary Wong <gtw@gnu.org>

%%updated: 01 Mar 2000

%%keywords: games, backgammon, matches, tournaments, supervised
training, rollouts

%%interface: Command line, X

%%license: GPL

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%%GNU: yes

%%web-page: http://www.gnu.org/software/gnubg/gnubg.html

%%support: 

%%doc: User reference manual available at http://www.gnu.org/manual/gnubg/

%%developers: Gary Wong <gtw@gnu.org>

%%contributors: Joern Thyssen <joern@thyssen.nu>, Joseph
Heled<joseph@itginc.com>

%%sponsors:

%%source: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnubg/

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%%related: GNU Go, Chess

%%source-language: C

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%%build-prerequisites:

%%weak-prerequisites: readline, gdbm

%%source-prerequisites:

%%version: 0.02 beta 03 Dec 1999

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%%bug-list: bug-gnubg@gnu.org 
 









 








