def get_move(self, game_state: Othello):
"""
Will select the best move according to the value of the resulting game_state according to monte carlo
:param game_state: current game state
:return: best move in available moves
"""
# Use start library if it is selected and still included
if self._use_start_lib and game_state.get_turn_nr(
) < 21: # check whether start move match
moves = self._start_tables.get_available_moves_of_start_tables(
game_state)
if len(moves) > 0:
return util.translate_move_to_pair(moves[random.randrange(
len(moves))])
# According to experience the number of moves to consider decreases relevantly after reaching a certain
# turn number. Therefore it is possible to increase the search depth without loosing to much time.
# We dynamically increase the search depth after reaching turn_number 40
search_depth = self._search_depth
turn_number = game_state.get_turn_nr()
if turn_number > 40:
search_depth += turn_number // 10
# Dict used to store a list of the moves resulting in a state with the respective value
best_moves = dict()
# Evaluate each available move
for move in game_state.get_available_moves():
# Play the move to get the resulting state
next_state = game_state.deepcopy()
next_state.play_position(move)
# Evaluate the state using the selected function
if self._use_monte_carlo:
result = -AlphaBetaPruning.value_monte_carlo(
next_state,
search_depth - 1,
self._heuristic,
mc_count=self._mc_count)
else:
result = -AlphaBetaPruning.value(
next_state, self._search_depth - 1, self._heuristic)
# Append the move to the list of states with that value
if result not in best_moves.keys():
best_moves[result] = []
best_moves[result].append(move)
# Determine the best result
best_result = max(best_moves.keys())
if self._use_monte_carlo:
print(AlphaBetaPruning.value_monte_carlo.cache_info())
AlphaBetaPruning.value_monte_carlo.cache_clear()
else:
print(AlphaBetaPruning.value.cache_info())
AlphaBetaPruning.value.cache_clear()
# Play one random move with the best possible result
return best_moves[best_result][random.randrange(
len(best_moves[best_result]))]
def get_available_moves_of_start_tables(self, game: Othello):
"""
search self._start_table for move sequences starting with the one of game and get next elements of those
:return: list of available moves
"""
if len(self._start_tables) == 0:
self._init_start_tables()
turn_nr = game.get_turn_nr()
available_moves = []
taken_mv = game.get_taken_mvs_text()
for move_sequence in self._start_tables:
turn = 0
for move in move_sequence:
# move was played
if turn < turn_nr:
if taken_mv[turn] != move:
# move is different to start_table
break
# if start sequence is finished
elif move != "nan":
available_moves.append(move)
break
turn += 1
available_moves = list(dict.fromkeys(available_moves))
if "nan" in available_moves:
available_moves.remove("nan")
return available_moves
def heuristic(current_player, game_state: Othello):
"""
Calculates the value of game_state for current_player according to the Stored MonteCarlo Heuristic
current_player is coded as the constants EMPTY_CELL, PLAYER_ONE and PLAYER_TWO
form constants.py. Therefore the parameter is an integer values.
"""
moves = game_state.get_available_moves()
turn_nr = game_state.get_turn_nr()
# get maximum of likelihood values
return max([database.db.get_change_of_winning(move, turn_nr, current_player) for move in moves])