sandy.game.core
Interface EvaluationPolicy

public interface EvaluationPolicy

This interface should be implemented by all the game specific evaluation policies. A evaluation policy is a class which encapsulates the logic of evaluating a give game board in a given state with respecte to the perspective provided. The evaluation value is a measure of the "goodness" of the gameboard. Goodness can be defined in simple terms as 'how good is this state for the specified perspective'. Goodness is measured in positive scale.

Also every evaluation policy has a weight associated with it. A weight is a measure of the importance of this evaluation policy. The effect of evaluation weights will be considered when more than one evaluation policy is registered with the DecisionEngine. In this case the complete evaluation of the gameboard at a given state would be the weighted sum of all the individual evaluation values.

Method Summary

double	getEvaluation(GameBoard gameBoard, int perspective)
double	getEvaluationWeight()

Method Detail

getEvaluation

public double getEvaluation(GameBoard gameBoard,
                            int perspective)

getEvaluationWeight

public double getEvaluationWeight()