Do people think like computers?

Bas van Opheusden; Zahy Bnaya; Gianni Galbiati; Wei Ji Ma

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50935-8_20

Do people think like computers?

Bas van Opheusden, Zahy Bnaya, Gianni Galbiati, Wei Ji Ma

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

Human cognition inspired the earliest algorithms for game playing computer programs. However, the studies of human and computer game play quickly diverged: the Artificial Intelligence community focused on theory and techniques to solve games, while behavioral scientists empirically examined simple decision-making in humans. In this paper, we combine concepts and methods from the two fields to investigate whether human and AI players take similar approaches in an adversarial combinatorial game. We develop and compare five models that capture human behavior. We then demonstrate that our models can predict behavior in two related tasks. To conclude, we use our models to describe what makes a strong human player.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Computers and Games - 9th International Conference, CG 2016, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Aske Plaat, Walter Kosters, Jaap van den Herik
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	212-224
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9783319509341
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50935-8_20
State	Published - 2016
Event	9th International Conference on Computer and Games, CG 2016 - Leiden, Netherlands Duration: Jun 29 2016 → Jul 1 2016

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10068 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	9th International Conference on Computer and Games, CG 2016
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Leiden
Period	6/29/16 → 7/1/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

Access to Document

10.1007/978-3-319-50935-8_20

Cite this

van Opheusden, B., Bnaya, Z., Galbiati, G., & Ma, W. J. (2016). Do people think like computers? In A. Plaat, W. Kosters, & J. van den Herik (Eds.), Computers and Games - 9th International Conference, CG 2016, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 212-224). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10068 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50935-8_20

Do people think like computers? / van Opheusden, Bas; Bnaya, Zahy; Galbiati, Gianni et al.
Computers and Games - 9th International Conference, CG 2016, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Aske Plaat; Walter Kosters; Jaap van den Herik. Springer Verlag, 2016. p. 212-224 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10068 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

van Opheusden, B, Bnaya, Z, Galbiati, G & Ma, WJ 2016, Do people think like computers? in A Plaat, W Kosters & J van den Herik (eds), Computers and Games - 9th International Conference, CG 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10068 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 212-224, 9th International Conference on Computer and Games, CG 2016, Leiden, Netherlands, 6/29/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50935-8_20

van Opheusden B, Bnaya Z, Galbiati G, Ma WJ. Do people think like computers? In Plaat A, Kosters W, van den Herik J, editors, Computers and Games - 9th International Conference, CG 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Verlag. 2016. p. 212-224. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-50935-8_20

van Opheusden, Bas ; Bnaya, Zahy ; Galbiati, Gianni et al. / Do people think like computers?. Computers and Games - 9th International Conference, CG 2016, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Aske Plaat ; Walter Kosters ; Jaap van den Herik. Springer Verlag, 2016. pp. 212-224 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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