Victor Allis

Louis Victor Allis is a Dutch computer scientist working in the artificial intelligence (AI) field. In his graduate work, he revealed AI solutions for Connect Four,cite book |author=Higgins, Peter M. |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Nets, Puzzles and Postmen: An Exploration of Mathematical Connections |edition= |language= |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |location= |year=2008 |origyear= |pages= p19|quote= |isbn=0-19-921842-0 |oclc= |doi= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=Jx2-CzMvChkC&pg=PA19&dq=%22Victor+Allis%22&lr=lang_en&num=20&as_brr=3&ei=BrBySKDxG4S8jgGW7YnaCQ&sig=ACfU3U3ArLYsCieGKljrN4IdcOPwaktucg|accessdate=] cite book |author=Shapley, Lloyd S.; Blackwell, David; Ferguson, Thomas |authorlink= |editor= |others= |title=Statistics, probability, and game theory: papers in honor of David Blackwell |edition= |language= |publisher=Institute of Mathematical Statistics |location= |year=1996 |origyear= |pages= p372|quote= |isbn=0-940600-42-0 |oclc= |doi= |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=Bukuh2X-lY0C&pg=PA372&dq=%22Victor+Allis%22&lr=lang_en&num=20&as_brr=3&ei=BrBySKDxG4S8jgGW7YnaCQ&sig=ACfU3U0Fp5V-5-eiKEZrT-GV8b_a-JVZSg|accessdate=] Qubic, and Gomoku.cite book|title=Advances in Computer Games: Many Games, Many Challenges|editor=H. Jaap van den Herik, Hiroyuki Iida, Ernst A.Heinz|publisher=Springer|date=2004|pages=p349|isbn=1402077092|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=b1tMzog4M-MC&pg=PA349&dq=%22Victor+Allis%22&lr=lang_en&num=20&as_brr=3&ei=BrBySKDxG4S8jgGW7YnaCQ&sig=ACfU3U0gHR4yq5nvggL6jFbg5l6VKwGuhg] His dissertation introduced two new game search techniques: proof-number search and dependency-based search. Proof-number search has seen further successful application in computer Go tactical search and many other games.

He has worked for Bolesian, a knowledge technology firm in the Netherlands.

Currently, he is CEO of Quintiq,cite web |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2007/07/c7320.html |title=CNW Group | QUINTIQ | Dofasco Tubular Products on Schedule with Quintiq |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= http://www.webcitation.org/5Z99PbTtK|archivedate= 2008-07-07|quote= |accessdate=2008-07-07] a Dutch software company that delivers solutions for planning and scheduling in logistics and industrial processes.

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/http://www.cs.vu.nl/~victor/ Victor's home page] (archived)
* [http://www.bolesian.net Bolesian's web site]
* [http://www.quintiq.com Quintiq company site]

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