This article surveys three techniques for enhancing heuristic game-tree search pioneered in the author's Othello program Logistello, which dominated the computer Othello scene for several years and won against the human World-champion 6 0 in 1997.
Vaccine side effects, which dominate coverage of today's vaccination program, were seldom discussed in 1947.
The long-range hope of space enthusiasts is that private companies may do some truly serious work in space and supplant government-run programs, which have dominated space activities so far.
In a program note Mr. Huang wrote that French music, which dominated the program, held particular appeal for him, and he plays that repertory with sensitivity, a range of color and a light touch.
Beneath the surface, HealthSouth was dependent on Medicare, the federal program for the elderly, which dominated the in-patient business that generated about half its revenue.
The Druid pack, which dominates the valley at the program's outset, is eventually scattered by a rival pack from Slough Creek to the north, a potent changing of the guard.
Computer Associates, which dominates the market for mainframe utility software, programs that help big computers run smoothly, denies the accusations and says it stands by its accounting practices.
It has also underwritten programs encouraging transparency, justice for women, changes to detention practices and a stronger informal justice system, which dominates in rural areas.
The hourlong program fell short of its time-slot competitors, NBC's "Law & Order" (8.8 million) and CBS's "CSI: NY" (12.6 million), as well as Fox's "American Idol," which dominated the 9 p.m. hour with 22.4 million viewers.
