Package com.barrybecker4.game.twoplayer.gomoku.analysis

Class MoveEvaluator

java.lang.Object

com.barrybecker4.game.twoplayer.gomoku.analysis.MoveEvaluator

public class MoveEvaluator
extends java.lang.Object

Evaluates the value a recent move. It does this by comparing the change in worth of the line patterns vertically, horizontally, and diagonally through the new move's position.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MoveEvaluator(Patterns patterns)	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	setValueDifferencerFactory(ValueDifferencerFactory differencerFactory)	Used for testing to inject something that will create mock differencers.
int	worth(GoMokuBoard board, TwoPlayerMove lastMove, com.barrybecker4.optimization.parameter.ParameterArray weights)	Statically evaluate the board position from player1's point of view.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MoveEvaluator

public MoveEvaluator(Patterns patterns)

Constructor

Method Detail

setValueDifferencerFactory

public void setValueDifferencerFactory(ValueDifferencerFactory differencerFactory)

Used for testing to inject something that will create mock differencers.

worth

public int worth(GoMokuBoard board,
                 TwoPlayerMove lastMove,
                 com.barrybecker4.optimization.parameter.ParameterArray weights)

Statically evaluate the board position from player1's point of view. Larger values are good for player1.

Returns:

the lastMove's value modified by the value add of the new move. a large positive value means that the move is good from player1's viewpoint.