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RELEASE.txt - aiParts - Releases and Credits
aiParts can be downloaded from: www.aiparts.org/download.htm
Source files are viewable at: www.aiparts.org/source.htm
Initial Release: aiParts 0.8.0 2005-Oct-11
See the end of this file for Old Credits and old releases.
For more information about the software and project,
see the README.txt file.
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Developers and Contributors
[BRM] Brian Marshall - Calgary - bmarshal@agt.net
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Release History
Release Date Status
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0.9.3 2008-Nov-05 Beta
This release includes the sample program rrproj,
which assigns people and/or equipment to projects
or events. README.txt was improved.
0.9.2 2008-Sep-30 Beta
rr_solve.h/cpp were renamed to aipReqRes.h/cpp;
classes declared in these files were renamed.
README.txt was improved.
0.9.1 2008-Sep-14 Beta
README.txt was improved.
0.9.0 2008-Sep-01 Beta
aipTime.h/cpp
new: date/time and time-of-day classes
aipBase.h/cpp
new random number generator; simplified logging
new functions to get values and sub-strings from strings
aipImportance.h
new: base class for importances
aipPandemonium.h/cpp
pandemoniums can be ordered and optionally distinct by keys
new iterator functions: last(), prev(), find()
aipEmotion.h/cpp
removed delete_aspect(), delete_emotion()
aipDecision.h/cpp
removed delete_option()
support for option sharing (and, later, trivial decisions)
aipHighHope.h/cpp
decisions can be decided multiple times; new note_decide()
removed decision-groups, decision.m_opt_prev
rr_solve.h/cpp
new classes to solve requirement-resource problems
based on the HighHope classes
0.8.5 2005-Nov-20 Beta
In this release, the High-Hope classes have been enhanced
and two minor bugs were fixed. Other minor code changes
were made in four files.
aipHighHope.h/cpp -
added support for decision-groups
modified constant Curiosity_Starting
failed try that got further is optionally an improvement
failed-decision hope-fear is increased
worst decision has extra affect on solution compare-value
moved call to disable_slowly_degrade() to aipHope
fixed minor bug re: problem members: m_is_many_xxx
fixed minor bug re: m_tries_since_change_count
aipEmotion, aipDecision.cpp, aipProblem.cpp, aipHighHope.cpp -
take_msg() now uses pandemonium take_msg()
0.8.4 2005-Nov-17 Beta
This is a primarily a code-improvement release - behavior
should not change from aiParts 0.8.3. Support was added
for a set of decisions sharing a set of options.
aipHighHope.h/cpp -
moved logic in problem to aspects of hope
added aipHHHope aipHHFearAspect
aipHHGreedAspect, aipHHCuriosityAspect
added aipHHSolveStat, aipHHProblem::try_to_find_solution()
removed redundant rand() function
moved random_num() to class aipBase
aipDecision.h/cpp -
support for decisions sharing a set of options
comment change
aipPandemonium.h/cpp, samp_pandemonium.cpp -
can now add demon without owning it
aipEmotion.h -
hope: fear, greed, curiosity are now aspects
simplified base class aipCompEmotion
made const: aipHope::greed(), fear(), curiosity()
aipHope::weaken(), strengthen(), set_g() removed
aipHope::weaken_fear(), strengthen_greed(), etc. removed
aipBase.h/cpp -
random_num() now in aipBase
samp_decision.cpp -
improved sample problem series of messages
samp_a_to_b.cpp, samp_a2b.cpp -
removed call to a2bDecision::set_decision()
modified to log tries using aipHHSolveStat
Removed version number from final output.
0.8.3 2005-Nov-02 Beta
samp_a2b.h/cpp, samp_a_to_b.cpp -
start, end, num-try, logging-level on the command line
usage help from the command line
improved try-logging
aipHighHope.h/cpp -
fixed is_improved bug; improved code in solve()
aipPandemonium.h/cpp, samp_pandemonium.cpp -
made pandemonium a queue (used to be a stack)
aipBase.h/cpp -
added aip_strncpy() that always terminates dest string
0.8.2 2005-Oct-30 Alpha
samp_a2b.h/cpp, samp_a_to_b.cpp -
option-distance no longer affects choice of option
added optional option-logging, and other small changes
aipHighHope.h/cpp -
fixed hope calculation bug (compound emotion being current)
major changes: how tries affect hope on decisions, options
if more than one best option, choose randomly
now considering tries-since-change, and other small changes
aipEmotion.h/cpp -
removed public non-constant access to hope components
weaken functions now do not weaken to aipNeutral
added floor() and ceiling(), and other small changes
aipPandemonium.cpp -
small change for a new compiler - code now more standard
aipDecision.h/cpp -
support for choosing randomly from multiple best options
aipGood.h/cpp -
added constants aipPrettyGood and aipPrettyBad
samp_deer_fear.h, samp_decision.cpp -
small changes to stay/run-away point and series of messages
0.8.1 2005-Oct-20 Alpha
samp_a_to_b.cpp -
Sample A-to-B problem made bigger and harder.
Improved error-handling assembling the problem.
Simplified specifying 2-way links.
aipHighHope.cpp -
Fixed bug re: count since improvement
Modified how decision and option hopes change
aipHighHope.h - Fixed a2bProblem::too_bad_to_go_on() bug
Improved comments and ability to debug.
Requires more work on decision and option hope changing.
0.8.0 2005-Oct-11 Alpha
First release of aiParts software - ready for more alpha
testing, beta testing and experimenting. Written by [BRM].
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Historical and Old Credits
aiParts evolved from work done by Brian Marshall, off and on,
between 1991 and 2003. aiParts, in its current form, was
developed in 2005 and significantly enhanced in 2008.
In 1999, there was an aiParts 1.1.1; that software was
replaced by this project.
Late in the earlier work, in the old aiParts 1.1.1:
Aubrey Soper - provided Makefile suggestions
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