Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!tektronix!zehntel!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiuccsb!beshers From: beshers@uiuccsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rec.bridge Subject: Re: bridge programs - (nf) Message-ID: <2499@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Aug-83 00:39:27 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.2499 Posted: Mon Aug 1 00:39:27 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 27-Jul-83 21:28:01 EDT Lines: 9 #R:pur-ee:-98400:uiuccsb:16900002:000:385 uiuccsb!beshers Jul 25 10:06:00 1983 In biding I would think that phycis (sp?) be the biggest problem. I read an article (New York times magazine I think) that discribed a poker playing program. It seemed to deal well with bluffing. For the rest of biding a tree search of some kind seems appro. I would think the play should also be table based with somekind of lookahead capability. are also going to be important.