edu.columbia.cs.coms4701.search.adversarial
Interface CutoffTest<S extends GameState>


public interface CutoffTest<S extends GameState>

A function which examines a game state at a particular depth, and returns true if a HeuristicStateEvaluationFunction, rather than deeper alpha-beta search should be used to evaluate the state.

Version:
0.1

User: aaron Date: Sep 24, 2006 Time: 4:05:05 PM

Author:
aaron@cs

Method Summary
 boolean shouldCutoffSearch(S theState, int depth)
          Returns whether to cut off the search from a state, and apply a heuristic evaluation instad.
 

Method Detail

shouldCutoffSearch

boolean shouldCutoffSearch(S theState,
                           int depth)
Returns whether to cut off the search from a state, and apply a heuristic evaluation instad.

Parameters:
theState -
depth -
Returns:
true if alpha-beta search should be halted, and a heuristic evaluation applied.