A SNAC, anyone?

[Jan Brouwer]

Can anyone provide some information on Hans Berliner's SNAC (Smoothness, Non linearity, and Application
Coefficients) function? I have found references to an article named "On the Construction of Evaluation Functions
for Large Domains" on the web, but not the article itself. It sounds interresting and I would like to learn a bit
more about it.

Thanks

[swami]

Can anyone provide some information on Hans Berliner's SNAC (Smoothness, Non linearity, and Application
Coefficients) function? I have found references to an article named "On the Construction of Evaluation Functions
for Large Domains" on the web, but not the article itself. It sounds interresting and I would like to learn a bit
more about it.

Thanks

I thought you were talking about snacks

Excuse the mechanical engineer here regards.

[MartinBryant]

This sounds like the paper he wrote about his Backgammon program about 30 years ago. I think I read it in New Scientist. Maybe you can find an electronic back issue?

Sorry I can't be more help.

[jwes]

Some googling took me here.
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/oclc/1 ... 2C+NL#tabs