public projectedGainForSpace getBestSpaceForOneMoveAlphaBetaMin(
board currentBoard, projectedGainForSpace min, projectedGainForSpace max, String playerName) {
List<space> availableSpaces = currentBoard.getAvailableSpaces(playerName);
if (availableSpaces.isEmpty()) return new projectedGainForSpace(0, null);
int bestPoints = max.gain;
space bestSpace = availableSpaces.get(0);
for (int index = 0; index < availableSpaces.size(); index++) {
space currentSpace = availableSpaces.get(index);
int row = currentSpace.row;
int column = currentSpace.column;
int pointsGained = currentSpace.value;
if (currentBoard.isSpaceDeathBlizable(currentSpace.row, currentSpace.column, playerName))
pointsGained += currentBoard.getPointsGainedFromBlitz(row, column, playerName);
if (pointsGained < bestPoints) {
bestPoints = pointsGained;
bestSpace = currentSpace;
}
if (pointsGained < min.gain) {
return min;
}
}
max.gain = bestPoints;
max.nextSpace = bestSpace;
projectedGainForSpace bestSpaceGain = new projectedGainForSpace(bestPoints, bestSpace);
return bestSpaceGain;
}
public int findProjectedGain(space choosenSpace, board currentBoard, int turns) {
// make a deep copy of the board for recursion
board futureBoard = new board(currentBoard);
futureBoard.acquireSpace(this.name, choosenSpace.row, choosenSpace.column);
projectedGainForSpace opponentSpaceAndGain = getBestSpaceForOneMove(futureBoard, this.opponent);
int opponentRow = opponentSpaceAndGain.nextSpace.row;
int opponentColumn = opponentSpaceAndGain.nextSpace.column;
futureBoard.acquireSpace(this.opponent, opponentRow, opponentColumn);
int thisTurnsPoints = findGainsInBoard(currentBoard, futureBoard);
projectedGainForSpace nextSpaceAndGain = getMiniMaxBestSpace(futureBoard, turns - 1);
int futureTurnsPoints = nextSpaceAndGain.gain;
return thisTurnsPoints + futureTurnsPoints;
}
public int findProjectedGainAlphaBeta(
space choosenSpace,
board currentBoard,
int turns,
projectedGainForSpace min,
projectedGainForSpace max,
String playerName) {
// make a deep copy of the board for recursion
board futureBoard = new board(currentBoard);
futureBoard.acquireSpace(playerName, choosenSpace.row, choosenSpace.column);
projectedGainForSpace opponentSpaceAndGain, nextSpaceAndGain;
int opponentRow, opponentColumn;
if (playerName == this.name) {
opponentSpaceAndGain =
getBestSpaceForOneMoveAlphaBetaMin(futureBoard, min, max, this.opponent);
opponentRow = opponentSpaceAndGain.nextSpace.row;
opponentColumn = opponentSpaceAndGain.nextSpace.column;
max.gain = opponentSpaceAndGain.gain;
max.nextSpace = opponentSpaceAndGain.nextSpace;
futureBoard.acquireSpace(this.opponent, opponentRow, opponentColumn);
nextSpaceAndGain = getAlphaBetaBestSpace(futureBoard, turns - 1, min, max, this.opponent);
} else {
opponentSpaceAndGain = getBestSpaceForOneMoveAlphaBetaMax(futureBoard, min, max, this.name);
opponentRow = opponentSpaceAndGain.nextSpace.row;
opponentColumn = opponentSpaceAndGain.nextSpace.column;
min.gain = opponentSpaceAndGain.gain;
min.nextSpace = opponentSpaceAndGain.nextSpace;
futureBoard.acquireSpace(this.name, opponentRow, opponentColumn);
nextSpaceAndGain = getAlphaBetaBestSpace(futureBoard, turns - 1, min, max, this.name);
}
int thisTurnsPoints = findGainsInBoard(currentBoard, futureBoard);
int futureTurnsPoints = nextSpaceAndGain.gain;
return thisTurnsPoints + futureTurnsPoints;
}
public void makeTurn(board currentBoard) {
int turns = 2;
if (turns * 2 + 1 > currentBoard.availableSpaces) turns = currentBoard.availableSpaces / 2;
projectedGainForSpace chosenSpaceAndGain;
if ("alpha-beta".equals(strategy)) {
projectedGainForSpace min = new projectedGainForSpace(-50000, null);
projectedGainForSpace max = new projectedGainForSpace(50000, null);
chosenSpaceAndGain = getAlphaBetaBestSpace(currentBoard, turns, min, max, this.name);
} else if ("miniMax".equals(strategy)) {
chosenSpaceAndGain = getMiniMaxBestSpace(currentBoard, turns);
} else {
chosenSpaceAndGain = getMiniMaxBestSpace(currentBoard, turns);
}
int row = chosenSpaceAndGain.nextSpace.row;
int column = chosenSpaceAndGain.nextSpace.column;
currentBoard.acquireSpace(this.name, row, column);
}
public projectedGainForSpace getAlphaBetaBestSpace(
board currentBoard,
int turns,
projectedGainForSpace min,
projectedGainForSpace max,
String playerName) {
if (turns == 0) return getBestSpaceForOneMove(currentBoard, playerName);
// if(currentBoard.availableSpaces==1) return getBestSpaceForOneMove(currentBoard, this.name);
int bestGain;
if (playerName == this.name) {
bestGain = -50000;
} else {
bestGain = 50000;
}
List<space> availableSpaces = currentBoard.getAvailableSpaces(playerName);
if (availableSpaces.isEmpty()) return new projectedGainForSpace(0, null);
space bestSpace = availableSpaces.get(0);
for (int index = 0; index < availableSpaces.size(); index++) {
space currentSpace = availableSpaces.get(index);
// System.out.println("min is " + min.gain +", max is " + max.gain);
int projectedGain =
findProjectedGainAlphaBeta(currentSpace, currentBoard, turns, min, max, playerName);
if (playerName == this.name) {
if (projectedGain > bestGain) {
bestGain = projectedGain;
bestSpace = currentSpace;
}
} else {
if (projectedGain < bestGain) {
bestGain = projectedGain;
bestSpace = currentSpace;
}
}
}
projectedGainForSpace bestSpaceGain = new projectedGainForSpace(bestGain, bestSpace);
return bestSpaceGain;
}
public projectedGainForSpace getMiniMaxBestSpace(board currentBoard, int turns) {
if (turns == 0) return getBestSpaceForOneMove(currentBoard, this.name);
// if(currentBoard.availableSpaces==1) return getBestSpaceForOneMove(currentBoard, this.name);
int bestGain = -50000;
List<space> availableSpaces = currentBoard.getAvailableSpaces(this.name);
if (availableSpaces.isEmpty()) return new projectedGainForSpace(0, null);
space bestSpace = availableSpaces.get(0);
for (int index = 0; index < availableSpaces.size(); index++) {
space currentSpace = availableSpaces.get(index);
int projectedGain = findProjectedGain(currentSpace, currentBoard, turns);
if (projectedGain > bestGain) {
bestGain = projectedGain;
bestSpace = currentSpace;
}
this.totalNodesExamined++;
}
projectedGainForSpace bestSpaceGain = new projectedGainForSpace(bestGain, bestSpace);
return bestSpaceGain;
}
public int findGainsInBoard(board oldBoard, board newBoard) {
int gains = newBoard.getPointsFor(this.name) - oldBoard.getPointsFor(this.name);
int loses = newBoard.getPointsFor(this.opponent) - oldBoard.getPointsFor(this.opponent);
return gains - loses;
}