negamax

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noun

A variant of the minimax search algorithm, relying on the fact that min(a, b) = -max(-b, -a) to simplify the implementation.

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Meanings

nounnegamax (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA variant of the minimax search algorithm, relying on the fact that min(a, b) = -max(-b, -a) to simplify the implementation.
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