Presentation 2015-09-18
Trax solver based on machine-learned evaluation function
Takuya Nakamichi, Yusuke Sonoda, Takayuki Matsuzaki, Motoki Amagasaki, Masahiro Iida, Morihiro Kuga, Toshinori Sueyoshi,
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Abstract(in English) We develop a solver of board game Trax. Our basic strategy is a common game tree search algorithm. We explore the best move by the alpha-beta pruning. The game tree search is required evaluation function of some sort. we create it by machine learning. Usually this function is made by machine learning based on game record data of expert, but in this game, there is not enough game record data. Therefore, we make the evaluation function by machine learning based on the winning percentage by the Monte Carlo tree search. The search possible number of nodes is small in software-only solver. So we implement a partial of it on FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array) for acceleration. The solver was about 10 times faster than a software-only solver.
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Keyword(in English) Accelerator / Machine learning / Monte Carlo tree search / Trax / FPGA
Paper # RECONF2015-33
Date of Issue 2015-09-11 (RECONF)

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Committee RECONF
Conference Date 2015/9/18(2days)
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Place (in English) Ehime University
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Reconfigurable Systems, etc.
Chair Minoru Watanabe(Shizuoka Univ.)
Vice Chair Masato Motomura(Hokkaido Univ.) / Yuichiro Shibata(Nagasaki Univ.)
Secretary Masato Motomura(Toshiba) / Yuichiro Shibata(Univ. of Tsukuba)
Assistant Kazuya Tanikagawa(Hiroshima City Univ.) / Takefumi Miyoshi(e-trees.Japan)

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Language JPN
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Title (in English) Trax solver based on machine-learned evaluation function
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Accelerator
Keyword(2) Machine learning
Keyword(3) Monte Carlo tree search
Keyword(4) Trax
Keyword(5) FPGA
1st Author's Name Takuya Nakamichi
1st Author's Affiliation Kumamoto University(Kumamoto Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Yusuke Sonoda
2nd Author's Affiliation Kumamoto University(Kumamoto Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Takayuki Matsuzaki
3rd Author's Affiliation Kumamoto University(Kumamoto Univ.)
4th Author's Name Motoki Amagasaki
4th Author's Affiliation Kumamoto University(Kumamoto Univ.)
5th Author's Name Masahiro Iida
5th Author's Affiliation Kumamoto University(Kumamoto Univ.)
6th Author's Name Morihiro Kuga
6th Author's Affiliation Kumamoto University(Kumamoto Univ.)
7th Author's Name Toshinori Sueyoshi
7th Author's Affiliation Kumamoto University(Kumamoto Univ.)
Date 2015-09-18
Paper # RECONF2015-33
Volume (vol) vol.115
Number (no) RECONF-228
Page pp.pp.7-12(RECONF),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2015-09-11 (RECONF)