HQ

HQ is an environment for testing computer programs that learn. The tests are conducted using a two-player board game. Regular matches and tournaments are held to allow contestant programs to learn from each other and be properly ranked. HQ and all contributed contestant programs are covered under the GPL .

HQ is written as a Java 1.1 applet. It can be run from a variety of web browsers; Netscape 4.0.6 or later, Internet Explorer 4.0 or later, or HotJava 1.1.5 or later. All contestants are also written in Java. The browser security manager prevents any of the contributed software from corrupting the client machine. An interface is provided to allow a user to be a contestant and play a game against any of the contestant programs, or to observe two contestant programs playing the game.

The board game that is used is a two-player, deterministic, incomplete information game.

How to play the game.
How to write a contestant.
How the tournaments and matches are conducted.
Known bugs.
Related work.