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Playing Jaken

   

Jaken

Description

The idea for this Rock-Paper-Scissors (RPS) engine was born while I was at a bar one night. The concept was to create an RPS computer program that learns and changes its play based on an individual player’s trends.

I use a player’s IP address to key a specific account (avoiding logins) and to record their individual playing choices.

Markov chain analysis and probability transition matrixes are the basis for my program to record and decide which move to make. If you have more interest in the internal working, feel free to email me.

So far, not one player has more wins than losses after playing six or seven full games.

If you would like to try your hand at beating Jaken, give it a go by clicking on the link below.

Link

http://www.markvanhorn.com/progs/jaken/  

Skills Used

Client-side JavaScriptASP
Server-side JavaScriptSQL
Access 

Completed For

Recreation

July 2001



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