I went ahead and ordered a copy, it is less than $1.50 Don
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Brian Sheppard <[email protected]> wrote: > I am sad that I am not allowed to post it online somewhere. Maybe after > ICGA sells out their inventory! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Fotland > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 12:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Special Offer: Towards perfect play of Scrabble > > I also enjoyed your thesis very much. > > David > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:computer-go- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Sheppard > > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 8:25 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Special Offer: Towards perfect play of > Scrabble > > > > This is very good news indeed for the multitude who have been holding off > > reading my thesis until the price came down... > > > > And I am very glad that Ingo found it useful. > > > > :-) > > > > Brian > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:computer-go- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of "Ingo Alth�fer" > > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 6:21 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Computer-go] Special Offer: Towards perfect play of Scrabble > > > > Hello, > > > > on the website > > www.icga.org > > I just found the item > > "Books for sale at ICGA (special offer)" > > in the list on the left. > > > > In this books list there are several titles with reduced price. > > I would like to promote one of them, from the sublist "Ph.D. Theses", > > namely > > > > Brian Sheppard: > > Towards Perfect Play of Scrabble > > Normal (old price): 25 � Special offer (now): 15 � > > For ordering information, contact [email protected] > > > > > > It is a thesis from 2002 (University of Maastricht). I bought it in that > > year, and for me it was a high calibre eye opener. > > It is very smooth to read, and contains a lot of interesting stuff, even > > for those people who are not especially engaged in computer Scrabble. > > The core part is Chapter 10, on simulations (called Monte Carlo runs in > > other fields). I like especially Section 10.5 on the historical > > development (hand simulations by Ron Tiekert in the 1980's). > > > > Without this book I would likely not have started to use "pure" Monte > > Carlo in my programs for "computer aided game inventing" in 2004. > > > > Ingo. > > > > -- > > GMX DSL Doppel-Flat ab 19,99 Euro/mtl.! Jetzt mit gratis Handy-Flat! > > http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl > > _______________________________________________ > > Computer-go mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Computer-go mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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