Hierarchical portfolio search: Prismata's robust AI architecture for games with large search Spaces

Online strategy video games o er several unique challenges to the field of AI research. Due to their large state and action spaces, existing search algorithms have di culties in making strategically strong decisions. Additionally, the nature of competitive on-line video games adds the requirement that game designers be able to tweak game properties regularly when strategic imbalances are found. This means that an AI system for a game like this …