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Measuring Board Game Distance

arXiv 2301.03913 ↗First posted 10 Jan 2023cs.AIcited by 5

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Abstract (arXiv)

This paper presents a general approach for measuring distances between board games within the Ludii general game system. These distances are calculated using a previously published set of general board game concepts, each of which represents a common game idea or shared property. Our results compare and contrast two different measures of distance, highlighting the subjective nature of such metrics and discussing the different ways that they can be interpreted.

Key facts. Cited by 5 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). Builds on 6 of its 15 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 10 Jan 2023.

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References · 6

  1. 2019Ludii -- The Ludemic General Game Systemcited by 39
  2. 2020Modern Techniques for Ancient Gamescited by 9
  3. 2021General Board Game Conceptscited by 8
  4. 2021General Game Heuristic Prediction Based on Ludeme Descriptionscited by 7
  5. 2018A Continuous Information Gain Measure to Find the Most Discriminatory Problems for AI Benchmarkingcited by 6
  6. 2021Transfer of Fully Convolutional Policy-Value Networks Between Games and Game Variantscited by 6

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Citing papers per year: 2024: 3; 2025: 2.

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  1. 2024GAVEL: Generating Games Via Evolution and Language Modelscited by 24
  2. 2024Grammar-based Game Description Generation using Large Language Modelscited by 7
  3. 2025Grammar and Gameplay-aligned RL for Game Description Generation with LLMscited by 2
  4. 2025Best Agent Identification for General Game Playingcited by 1
  5. 2024A Research Agenda for Usability and Generalisation in Reinforcement Learningcited by 0