tony@alberta.UUCP (Tony Marsland) (05/05/85)
I am writing a survey article on computer chess for an upcoming Wiley Encyclopedia, and would like to receive (quickly) your thoughts on topics which should be included in a 7000 word review. To give proper credit for original ideas in the field I would like your opinion on (a) who coined the following terms (b) who originated the idea/concept. Your electronic mail responses for any of the following terms would be appreciated. In return I will send a compendium of the responses to each correspondent. Aspiration Search; Refutation Table; Transposition Table; FOrward Pruning; Iterative Deepening; Progressive Deepening; Horizon Effect; Killer Heuristic; Method of Analogies; Sphere of Influence; Razoring; Deep cut-off; Quiescence Search; Alpha-beta algorithm; Principal Variation; Ply.