1. Senior Design Team Members:  Abi Sundaram  Max Ackley  Cole Mercer  Adam Kauth Faculty Advisor: Dr. Tanya Crenshaw Client: Professor Andrew Nuxoll

2. Senior Design  BackgroundAbi Sundaram  Demo Max Ackley  Client Requirements Cole Mercer  Methods Adam Kauth  Conclusion Abi Sundaram

3. Senior Design

4. DEMO

5. Senior Design Client Requirements/Preferences Game must have an initial set up Few enough states and small enough branching factor that a learning algorithm can complete within a few hours Many ways to win Some component that hides implementation of game from player Use either C# or Python Must have at least two modes: AI vs. AI/Human vs.AI The agent code to be given to the AI student must be clearly/well written Code is well commented, nicely spaced, and variable, class and method names indicate intention Exactly two player game

6. Senior Design  Utilized pair programming  Used Subversion version control with Tortoise SVN  Organized meetings using Basecamp  Continuous unit testing  Client was very involved in development

7. Senior Design  Provided game to assist Professor Nuxoll in teaching Artificial Intelligence course  Advantages:  Fun to play, educational  Quality documentation  Conceptually simple rules to game

8. Senior Design