Keyano was written by Mark Brockington in 1996, who gave it a parallel search as part of his thesis work. It was one of the world’s top programs during the 1990’s. The program is available as of 2012 as an iPhone app.
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It has a slower, more complicated evaluation function than Logistello. It’s trying to gain accuracy at the expense of time.
Keyano the classic program
Mark Brockington
A web page, including information about Keyano’s history
and tournament results.
Keyano the iPhone app
Mark Brockington
Sketchy web page about the iPhone app.
Keyano third-party information on the app
Keyano’s entry in a directory of iPhone apps, with a brief description and rating.
Keyano unplugged: The construction of an othello program
(1997, compressed postscript)
Keyano unplugged: The construction of an othello program
(CiteSeer page of the same paper, with abstract)
Mark Brockington
A thorough description of Keyano’s insides, comparing some aspects
of its design to other programs.