1. CPSC 335 Assignment 5 The Game of TIC TAC TOE Online Contest Results By: Russel Ahmed Apu

2. Contest Objectives A flavor of AI and Software evolution Intense problem solving Researching methods  What works?  What doesn’t work?

3. Outcome 5016 games played by students  3987 games credited to scoring (after 13 th ) Participation was phenomenal Competition was fierce Some teams performed exceptionally well  The AI exceeded our expectation  Bravo! … Losing and learning “what doesn’t work” is equally important!  Evolution is the “KEY” The learning experience is important, winning/losing doesn’t matter  A losing team’s work is equally appreciated

4. The Raw Scores

5. Normalizing the Score Designed to reflect the fair performance of a team Rank[i,j] = Sqrt( clamp(raw[i,j]-raw[j,i], 0, 100) ) Score(p) = Sum(Rank[p,i], i=1..n)

6. The Ranked Score of teams

7. Final Score and Team Ranking