s3games.player

Class AStarPlayer

java.lang.Object

s3games.player.Player

s3games.player.AStarPlayer

public class AStarPlayer
extends Player

A* algorithm player that utilizes a heuristic

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class s3games.player.Player

Player.boardType, Player.playerType

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class s3games.player.Player

maxNodes, number

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AStarPlayer(GameSpecification specs, Heuristic heuristic) construct a new A* player for the specified game with the given heuristic

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Move	move(GameState state, java.util.ArrayList<Move> allowedMoves) A* player makes a move - it searches all the way to find the closest winning state and performs a move that is leading towards it.

Methods inherited from class s3games.player.Player

isComputer, otherMoved, ratioTimeLeft, setMaximumNumberOfNodes, setMaxTime, setPlayerNumber, startMove, timeUsed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AStarPlayer

public AStarPlayer(GameSpecification specs,
           Heuristic heuristic)

construct a new A* player for the specified game with the given heuristic

Method Detail

move

public Move move(GameState state,
        java.util.ArrayList<Move> allowedMoves)
          throws java.lang.Exception

A* player makes a move - it searches all the way to find the closest winning state and performs a move that is leading towards it.

Specified by:

move in class Player

Throws:

java.lang.Exception