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Adaptation of Neural Network based Intelligent Characters to Change of Game Environments  

Cho Byeong-heon (Department of Electrical Eng., Kookmin Univ.)
Jung Sung-hoon (Department of Information and Communication Eng., Hansung Univ.)
Sung Yeong-rak (School of Electrical Eng., Kookmin Univ.)
Oh Ha-ryoung (School of Electrical Eng., Kookmin Univ.)
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Abstract
Recently intelligent characters in computer games have been an important element more and more because they continually stimulate gamers' interests. As a typical method for implementing such intelligent characters, neural networks have been used for training action patterns of opponent's characters and game rules. However, some of the game rules can be abruptly changed and action properties of garners in on-line game environments are quite different according to gamers. In this paper, we address how a neural network adapts to those environmental changes. Our adaptation solution includes two components: an individual adaptation mechanism and a group adaptation mechanism. With the individual adaptation algorithm, an intelligent character steadily checks its game score, assesses the environmental change with taking into consideration of the lastly earned scores, and initiates a new learning process when a change is detected. In multi-user games, including massively multiple on-line games, intelligent characters confront diverse opponents that have various action patterns and strategies depending on the gamers controlling the opponents. The group adaptation algorithm controls the birth of intelligent characters to conserve an equilibrium state of a game world by using a genetic algorithm. To show the performance of the proposed schemes, we implement a simple fighting action game and experiment on it with changing game rules and opponent characters' action patterns. The experimental results show that the proposed algorithms are able to make intelligent characters adapt themselves to the change.
Keywords
게임;인공지능;신경망;적응;유전자 알고리즘;
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