Nim like game and a machine that plays it

The purpose of this work is to take a didactic look at a learning situation located at the interface between mathematics and computer science. This situation offers a first approach to the concept of artificial intelligence through the study of a reinforcement learning device. The learning situation...

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Published inTeaching Mathematics and Computer Science Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 317 - 326
Main Authors Esclafit, Pierre, Modeste, Simon, Saby, Nicolas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Debrecen 04.11.2020
Subjects
Computer Science
Education
History and Overview
Humanities and Social Sciences
Mathematics
Other
Mathematics and Computing links
Learning Situation
Theory of Didactic Situations
Nim Game
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ISSN1589-7389
2676-8364
DOI10.5485/TMCS.2020.0481

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Summary:The purpose of this work is to take a didactic look at a learning situation located at the interface between mathematics and computer science. This situation offers a first approach to the concept of artificial intelligence through the study of a reinforcement learning device. The learning situation, inspired by the Computer Science Unplugged approach, is based on a combinatorial game, along with a device that learns how to play this game. We studied the learning potential when the human players face the machine. After an a priori analysis using the Theory of Didactic Situations (TDS), we conducted a pre-experiment in order to strengthen our hypotheses. In this article, we will focus on the analysis of the didactic variables, the values we have chosen for these variables and their effects on students’ strategies. Subject Classification: 97D99, 97K99, 97P80
ISSN:1589-7389
2676-8364
DOI:10.5485/TMCS.2020.0481