Accessible computer games developed to train artificial intelligence

"Many computer games are expensive and require a lot of data and power. We need games that require little computing power to train algorithms in industrial environments," says Per-Arne Andersen, assistant professor at the University of Agder's (UiA's) Department of ICT. He recently earned his PhD with a thesis on how artificial intelligence in computer games can function well even if there is not much computing power. Andersen has developed artificial intelligence algorithms that can be used in systems where frequent decisions have to be made. Here, computer games are widely used to train artificial intelligence in game environments that are modelled on complicated industrial environments.