On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Danny A Jones wrote:
> Meta-Move
>
> A move that consists of several individual moves done as one, to
> move from state to a derived state. Some of the Freecell test and all of
> the Simple Simon tests generate meta-moves.
>
> Move
>
> A one-time displacements of cards from stacks to stacks, from stacks
> to freecells, or from freecells to stacks. Also contain some special
> moves such as those for canonizing stacks, and separators. Also see Move
> Stacks.
>
> The above quote is from
> http://fc-solve.berlios.de/arch_doc/fcs_arch_doc/c338.html .
>
> A web page titled "Freecell Solver -- Architecture Document" and
> containing the sub-heading "Terms used throught the Code".
>
> I mis-interpreted the overlapping use of the word "move" in these two
> definitions to mean that "meta-move" is the same as a "sequence move".
>
OK. Note that I borrowed the term meta-move from:
http://kevin.atkinson.dhs.org/freecell/report/paper.pdf
The report Kevin Atkinson and Shari Holstege prepared for their Freecell
Solver project. I used to use the term "multi-move" for it, but apparently
"meta-move" is the standard term in game AI. (or so I hope).
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
> I guess that I should have read
> http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/freecell-solver/USAGE more carefully.
>
>
> Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Danny A Jones wrote:
> >
> > > There are many types of moves allowed in FreeCell. Not all are properly
> > > supported by the various games and solvers.
> > >
> > > The "atomic move" is the fundamental type of move and it consists of
> > > moving one card to another location. This seems straight-forward enough,
> > > but you have to be careful when moving a card from one column to another
> > > if the move can be interpreted as one of the remaining move types.
> > >
> > > A "meta-move" is the next type of move. With it, you can move an ordered
> > > sequence of cards from one column to another through the use of free
> > > cells and empty columns. MS FreeCell limits the number of empty columns
> > > that can be employed this way.
> > >
> >
> > Actually, a meta-move, AFAIK is a game AI term that specifies any number
> > of moves performed at once to reach from one state to a subsequent state.
> > Freecell Solver can use Supermoves where each move is composed of several
> > sequence moves.
> >
> > I believe the term for moving a sequence of cards is a "sequence move".
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Shlomi Fish
> >
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Shlomi Fish shlomif_at_vipe.technion.ac.il
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Falk Fish
Received on Mon Nov 17 2003 - 22:07:10 IST