One reason why game-playing is an exciting activity for humans is that it couples intellectual
activity with direct competition: better thinking and learning generally results in winning more …

In most current approaches to Computer Game-Playing, including those employing some
form of machine learning, the game analysis mainly is performed by humans. Thus, we are …

This report documents the program and the outcomes of Dagstuhl Seminar 12191" Artificial
and Computational Intelligence in Games". The aim for the seminar was to bring together …

With this document we will present an overview of artificial intelligence in general and
artificial intelligence in the context of its use in modern computer games in particular. To this …

A general game playing system is one that can accept a formal description of a game and
play the game effectively without human intervention. Unlike specialized game players, such …

This paper introduces METAGAMER, the first program designed within the paradigm of
Metagame‐playing (Metagame). This program plays games in the class of symmetric chess …

The history of the interaction of machine learning and computer game-playing goes back to
the earliest days of Artificial Intelligence, when Arthur Samuel worked on his famous checker …

This paper attempts to give a high-level overview of the field of artificial and computational
intelligence (AI/CI) in games, with particular reference to how the different core research …

Games have played a prominent role as a test-bed for advancements in the field of Artificial
Intelligence ever since its foundation over half a century ago, resulting in highly specialized …

The author first provides an overview of computational intelligence and AI in games. Then
he describes the new IEEE Transactions, which will publish archival quality original papers …