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Alpha Beta Pruning Algorithm

The document discusses the alpha-beta pruning algorithm for game tree search. It explains that alpha-beta pruning performs a depth-first search while updating alpha and beta values to prune branches that cannot affect the result. The key points are that max players update only alpha and min players update only beta, and pruning occurs when alpha is greater than or equal to beta. Examples are provided to illustrate how alpha-beta pruning evaluates game trees more efficiently than exhaustive search.

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Alpha Beta Pruning Algorithm

The document discusses the alpha-beta pruning algorithm for game tree search. It explains that alpha-beta pruning performs a depth-first search while updating alpha and beta values to prune branches that cannot affect the result. The key points are that max players update only alpha and min players update only beta, and pruning occurs when alpha is greater than or equal to beta. Examples are provided to illustrate how alpha-beta pruning evaluates game trees more efficiently than exhaustive search.

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MCSE601L - ARTIFICIAL I NTELLIGENCE

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Important points to remember:

• Perform DFS
• α≥β then Pruning to be done
• Max player will update only the value of Alpha
• Min player will update only the value of Beta
• During Backtracking the tree , the node values will be
passed to upper nodes instead of values of alpha and beta
• We will pass the alpha and beta only to the child nodes
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Alpha Beta Pruning Solution
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Solution:
Example - 2
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Properties of α-β
• Pruning does not affect final result

• Good move ordering improves effectiveness of pruning

• With "perfect ordering," time complexity = O(b m/2)


 doubles depth of search

• A simple example of the value of reasoning about which


computations are relevant (a form of metareasoning)

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