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'''Stephen F. Wheeler''',<br/>
an American computer scientist and senior professor of information systems at the graduate level at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University DeVry University] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving,_Texas Irving, Texas] campus,
with expertise in [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] and computer games. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in CS and mathematics, as well as a Master's degree in computer science and AI from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University%E2%80%93Commerce Texas A&M University] in 1985,
and a Ph.D. in AI from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_University Walden University] in 1992. As part of his M.Sc. research, he developed the chess playing program [[HAL]] (Heuristic Associative Linear-algorithm), written in [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]] <ref>[http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=17529 HAL 9000] by Master Om, [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], June 10, 2010 (Download)</ref>.
Stephen Wheeler was actor in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bujalski Andrew Bujalski's] 2013 feature film [[History#ComputerChess|Computer Chess]] <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5421419/ Stephen Wheeler] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb IMDb]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Stephen F. Wheeler]] ('''1985'''). '' A performance benchmark of the alpha-beta procedure on randomly ordered non-uniform depth-first game-trees generated by a chess program''. M.Sc. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University%E2%80%93Commerce East Texas State University]
: ''Abstract'' <ref>Editor ('''1987'''). ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/34381496_A_performance_benchmark_of_the_alpha-beta_procedure_on_randomly_ordered_non-uniform_depth-first_game-trees_generated_by_a_chess_program Literature Received]''. [[ICGA Journal#10_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1]], pp. 43</ref>: A search of technical literature was performed to determine the research done to date with regard to the [[Alpha-Beta]] algorithm, and to ascertain the results obtained. Modifications were made to the author's chess program to report Alpha-Beta pruning statistics to be used for an empirical evalution of the algorithm's performance as compared to the unaided [[Minimax]] tree search algorithm.
=Postings=
* [https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/hal9000-levels-of-play HAL9000 Levels of Play] by [[Stephen F. Wheeler]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com], May 22, 2010
* [https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/hal9000-chess-rating HAL9000 Chess Rating?] by [[Stephen F. Wheeler]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com], May 28, 2010
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-stephen-wheeler-ph-d-46124a149/ Dr. Stephen Wheeler, Ph.D. | LinkedIn]
* [https://www.chess.com/member/sfwheeler Stephen Wheeler (sfwheeler) - Chess Profile], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com]
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5421419/ Stephen Wheeler] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb IMDb]
=References=
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'''Stephen F. Wheeler''',<br/>
an American computer scientist and senior professor of information systems at the graduate level at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeVry_University DeVry University] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving,_Texas Irving, Texas] campus,
with expertise in [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] and computer games. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in CS and mathematics, as well as a Master's degree in computer science and AI from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University%E2%80%93Commerce Texas A&M University] in 1985,
and a Ph.D. in AI from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walden_University Walden University] in 1992. As part of his M.Sc. research, he developed the chess playing program [[HAL]] (Heuristic Associative Linear-algorithm), written in [[Pascal#TurboPascal|Turbo Pascal]] <ref>[http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=17529 HAL 9000] by Master Om, [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], June 10, 2010 (Download)</ref>.
Stephen Wheeler was actor in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bujalski Andrew Bujalski's] 2013 feature film [[History#ComputerChess|Computer Chess]] <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5421419/ Stephen Wheeler] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb IMDb]</ref>.
=Selected Publications=
* [[Stephen F. Wheeler]] ('''1985'''). '' A performance benchmark of the alpha-beta procedure on randomly ordered non-uniform depth-first game-trees generated by a chess program''. M.Sc. thesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_A%26M_University%E2%80%93Commerce East Texas State University]
: ''Abstract'' <ref>Editor ('''1987'''). ''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/34381496_A_performance_benchmark_of_the_alpha-beta_procedure_on_randomly_ordered_non-uniform_depth-first_game-trees_generated_by_a_chess_program Literature Received]''. [[ICGA Journal#10_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1]], pp. 43</ref>: A search of technical literature was performed to determine the research done to date with regard to the [[Alpha-Beta]] algorithm, and to ascertain the results obtained. Modifications were made to the author's chess program to report Alpha-Beta pruning statistics to be used for an empirical evalution of the algorithm's performance as compared to the unaided [[Minimax]] tree search algorithm.
=Postings=
* [https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/hal9000-levels-of-play HAL9000 Levels of Play] by [[Stephen F. Wheeler]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com], May 22, 2010
* [https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/hal9000-chess-rating HAL9000 Chess Rating?] by [[Stephen F. Wheeler]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com], May 28, 2010
=External Links=
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-stephen-wheeler-ph-d-46124a149/ Dr. Stephen Wheeler, Ph.D. | LinkedIn]
* [https://www.chess.com/member/sfwheeler Stephen Wheeler (sfwheeler) - Chess Profile], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess.com Chess.com]
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5421419/ Stephen Wheeler] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMDb IMDb]
=References=
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