Evolving winning strategies for Nim-like games

Mihai Oltean

An evolutionary approach for computing the winning strategy for Nim-like games is proposed in this paper. The winning strategy is computed by using the Multi Expression Programming (MEP) technique - a fast and efficient variant of the Genetic Programming (GP). Each play strategy is represented by a mathematical expression that contains mathematical operators (such as +, -, *, mod, div, and , or, xor, not) and operands (encoding the current game state). Several numerical experiments for computing the winning strategy for the Nim game are performed. The computational effort needed for evolving a winning strategy is reported. The results show that the proposed evolutionary approach is very suitable for computing the winning strategy for Nim-like games.

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