Behavioral Mathematics for Game AI - Softcover

Mark, Dave

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9781584506843: Behavioral Mathematics for Game AI

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1584506849 ISBN 13: 9781584506843

Publisher: Cengage Learning PTR, 2009

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Perfect for intermediate to advanced game programmers, this book shows readers how to use AI programming tools and techniques to create more realistic and interesting behaviors in video games. Readers are shown various ways of using statistics, formulas, and algorithms to create believable simulations and to model behavior. Additionally, the book introduces a number of tools that can be used in conjunction with standard AI algorithms to make it easier to use the mathematical models.

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Behavioral Mathematics introduces a raft of important techniques from decision theory, game theory, and utility theory, and uniquely applies them to game AI. These techniques are an important part of any game AI developer's toolbox.-Paul Tozour, Game AI author

Game developers often use little tricks to sprinkle magic decision-making abilities throughout their AI code, without necessarily understanding the fundamentals of how it works. Dave not only documents this process on paper, but he also goes into the theoretical background behind these techniques too. For anyone wishing to know more about the maths behind common game behaviors, this is the ideal textbook on the subject.-Alex J. Champandard, Editor & Consultant, AiGameDev.com

This book is an excellent introduction to using AI in games. Dave has a knack for making complex subjects accessible. The text is very clear and admirably thorough. The author has chosen - wisely - to avoid the esoteric, and focus on topics which are directly useful for making real computer games.-Richard Evans, Senior AI Architect, Electronic Arts

About the Author:

Dave Mark is the President and Lead Designer of Intrinsic Algorithm, LLC, an independent game development studio and AI consulting company in Omaha, NE. He has been programming since 1984 when he was in high school. Much to the dismay of his teacher, he wrote his first text adventure on the school’s DEC PDP-1144. After a brief detour in the music business as a composer/arranger, keyboard player and recording engineer during the early ‘90s, he re-entered the technology arena in 1995. After being in the IT consulting and development world for 8 years, Dave left to start game, simulation and AI consulting company, Intrinsic Algorithm LLC with his wife, Laurie. He was a contributor to the AI Game Programming Wisdom series and is a regular columnist at AIGameDev.com.

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