Max (Luckhardt and Irani, 1986) is the extension of the minimax backup rule to multi-player games. We have shown that only a limited version of alpha-beta pruning, shallow pruning, can be applied to a max search tree. We extend this work by calculating the exact bounds needed to use this pruning technique. In addition, we show that branch-and-bound pruning, using a monotonic heuristic, has the ...

The Efficacy of Lamivudine Alone, and in Combination with Interferon in the Treatment of Resistant Chronic Hepatitis B [PDF]G. Montazeri, R. Malekzadeh, N. Nouri, M.R. Sohrabi, M. Sotoudeh, N. Kamalian, M. Farhadi Antibody Response to Recombinant Hepatitis B Surface Antigen in Healthy Adults Following Primary and Supplementary VaccinationM.A. Shokrgozar, F. Shokri Induction of Differentiation o...

European Journal of Information Systems (2008) 17, 321–323. doi:10.1057/ejis.2008.36 I am delighted to bring you the fourth issue of EJIS for 2008. It is packed with useful information, powerful opinions, and exciting new research findings. While I am sure you will find the issue provocative, interesting, and good reading, its theme revolves around our struggle with fundamental new barriers. Pa...

Environment matting is a powerful technique for modelling the complex light-transport properties of real-world optically active elements: transparent, refractive and reflective objects. Zongker et al [1999] and Chuang et al [2000] show how environment mattes can be computed for real objects under carefully controlled laboratory conditions. However, for many objects of interest, such calibration...

ion and Approximate DecisionTheoretic Planning. Journal of Artificial Intelligence 89(1–2): 219–283. Proving to Problem Solving. In Proceedingsof the First International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 219–239. MenloPark, Calif.: International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence. Haas, A. 1987. The Case for Domain-Specific Frame Axioms. In The Frame Problem in Arti...

European Journal of Information Systems (2007) 16, 103–105. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000678 According to a report by Kable (a leading provider of public sector research), U.K. central government information and communication technology (ICT) spend, which represents one of the largest in the world, will grow by 21% over the next 3 years reaching d3.2 billion by 2007/2008 and is expected to rea...

The complexity of numerical domain partitioning depends on the number of potential cut points. In multiway partitioning this dependency is often quadratic, even exponential. Therefore, reducing the number of candidate cut points is important. For a large family of attribute evaluation functions only boundary points need to be considered as candidates. We prove that an even more general property...

We thank Drs Phillips and Senaratne for their inquiry about the potential association of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in pregnancy with intrahepatic cholestasis (ICP) our study cohort.[1]Sarkar M. Grab J. Dodge J.L. Gunderson E.P. Rubin Irani R.A. et al.Non-alcoholic is associated adverse maternal perinatal outcomes.J Hepatol. 2020; 73: 516-522Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (...

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