chapter 1 What Is Game AI? -- chapter 2 Informing Game AI through the Study of Neurology -- chapter 3 Advanced Randomness Techniques for Game AI : Gaussian Randomness, Filtered Randomness, and Perlin Noise -- chapter 4 Behavior Selection Algorithms: An Overview -- chapter 5 Structural Architecture—Common Tricks of the Trade -- chapter 6 The Behavior Tree Starter Kit -- chapter 7 Real-World Behavior Trees in Script -- chapter 8 Simulating Behavior Trees: A Behavior Tree/Planner Hybrid Approach -- chapter 9 An Introduction to Utility Theory -- chapter 10 Building Utility Decisions into Your Existing Behavior Tree -- chapter 11 Reactivity and Deliberation in Decision-Making Systems -- chapter 12 Exploring HTN Planners through Example -- chapter 13 Hierarchical Plan-Space Planning for Multi-unit Combat Maneuvers -- chapter 14 Phenomenal AI Level-of-Detail Control with the LOD Trader -- chapter 15 Runtime Compiled C++ for Rapid AI Development -- chapter 16 Plumbing the Forbidden Depths: Scripting and AI -- chapter 17 Pathfinding Architecture Optimizations -- chapter 18 Choosing a Search Space Representation -- chapter 19 Creating High-Order Navigation Meshes through Iterative Wavefront Edge Expansions -- chapter 20 Precomputed Pathfinding for Large and Detailed Worlds on MMO Servers -- chapter 21 Techniques for Formation Movement Using Steering Circles -- chapter 22 Collision Avoidance for Preplanned Locomotion -- chapter 23 Crowd Pathfinding and Steering Using Flow Field Tiles -- chapter 24 Efficient Crowd Simulation for Mobile Games -- chapter 25 Animation-Driven Locomotion with Locomotion Planning -- chapter 26 Tactical Position Selection: An Architecture and Query Language -- chapter 27 Tactical Pathfinding on a NavMesh -- chapter 28 Beyond the Kung-Fu Circle: A Flexible System for Managing NPC Attacks -- chapter 29 Hierarchical AI for Multiplayer Bots in Killzone 3 -- chapter 30 Using Neural Networks to Control Agent Threat Response -- chapter 31 Crytek’s Target Tracks Perception System -- chapter 32 How to Catch a Ninja : NPC Awareness in a 2D Stealth Platformer -- chapter 33 Asking the Environment Smart Questions -- chapter 34 A Simple and Robust Knowledge Representation System -- chapter 35 A Simple and Practical Social Dynamics System -- chapter 36 Breathing Life into Your Background Characters -- chapter 37 Alibi Generation : Fooling All the Players All the Time -- chapter 38 An Architecture Overview for AI in Racing Games -- chapter 39 Representing and Driving a Race Track for AI Controlled Vehicles -- chapter 40 Racing Vehicle Control Systems using PID Controllers -- chapter 41 The Heat Vision System for Racing AI : A Novel Way to Determine Optimal Track Positioning -- chapter 42 A Rubber-Banding System for Gameplay and Race Management -- chapter 43 An Architecture for Character-Rich Social Simulation -- chapter 44 A Control-Based Architecture for Animal Behavior -- chapter 45 Introduction to GPGPU for AI -- chapter 46 Creating Dynamic Soundscapes Using an Artificial Sound Designer -- chapter 47 Tips and Tricks for a Robust Third-Person Camera System -- chapter 48 Implementing N-Grams for Player Prediction, Procedural Generation, and Stylized AI.