Since the minimax algorithm and its variants are inherently depth-first, a strategy such as iterative deepening is usually used in conjunction with alpha-beta so that a reasonably good move can be returned even if the algorithm is interrupted before it has finished execution.

Since the precision of the two math packages was different, some IF statements resolved differently, and iterative calculations helped solve this problem.

Since 1927, governors general have been received on state visits abroad as though they were heads of state.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, the two countries have frequently conducted reciprocal visits at various levels, and have strengthened ties in such fields as business, education, culture, technological cooperation and agriculture.

Since the cemetery is located on private property, visits must be coordinated with tours conducted by the Town of Babylon.

Since German reunification in 1990 efforts have been made to increase visits by tourists.

Since the mention of the possibility of a new Star Control game, the number of visits to the Ur-Quan Masters and Star Control Timewarp website has doubled.

Since its inception, COMUSNAVAK has grown to become responsible for coordinating all Navy activity in the Alaska and Aleutian area, for detailed planning and coordination for the Naval portion of the Joint and Combined EXERCISE Northern Edge, and coordinates high-visibility U. S. Navy ship visits through-out Alaska in support of public relations and recruiting initiatives.

Since its inception, the site has received over 800, 000 visits.

Since the announcement, the number of visits to the service eclipsed the number of telephone calls to the agency ’ s travel information hotline.

Since then various groups have made exchange visits, agricultural trainees have been received, and there has even been exchanges of craft projects between elementary students.

Since 1987, administrative and agricultural trainees have made 13 visits.

Since the prisoners ' departure, several residents of Camp 60, including Chiocchetti, have made return visits to the chapel they created.

Since entering prison, both brothers have married, even though California does not allow conjugal visits for those convicted of murder or for those serving life sentences.

Since Kel's parents are rich, busy scientists, he often visits and stays in Kenan's home to keep him company.

Since then the contact between the two countries has been on the increase as evidenced by the number of visits of trade, medical and sports delegations to China.

" Since government officials made many periodic visits to the set to ensure proper Indian film etiquette, the cast had to improvise fake scenes which avoided the nudity and sexuality central to the story.

Since July 2006, Nevada State College has filed two comprehensive self-study reports with the Commission, and has undergone three comprehensive on-site visits by the Commission.

Since its inception, nine groups of Northrop students have visited Gera with reciprocal visits from Germany occurring on the alternate years.

Since Halcyon needed to keep track of first versus subsequent visits, a count of visits ( up to a maximum of 15 ) would be used to trigger its speech synthesized hints and comments.

Since both of them were promoters of culture and science, the castle and the town became a place of frequent events and visits in the sphere of culture and science.

Since 1978, there have been a small number of subsequent visits, extending the depth of the cave to 350m and the length to 34. 5km.

Since 1996 a delegation of ten students from each town visits the other, and stays with local families.

Since then, Troy occasionally visits Earth, and stays in touch with his daughter via a special communication device known as the " cube " ( see below ).

Since he was poor and lacked enough money to purchase proper texts of study, Wang had to resort to frequent visits to bookshops to acquire knowledge.

She states: " Since we do not succeed in fleeing it, let us therefore try to look the truth in the face.

Since Johnson's proclamations allowed the Southern states to control the procedure and conduct of their elections in 1865, prominent former Confederate leaders were elected to the U. S. Congress ( but not seated ).

Since Lavoisier's knowledge of strong acids was mainly restricted to oxoacids, such as ( nitric acid ) and ( sulphuric acid ), which tend to contain central atoms in high oxidation states surrounded by oxygen, and since he was not aware of the true composition of the hydrohalic acids ( HF, HCl, HBr, and HI ), he defined acids in terms of their containing oxygen, which in fact he named from Greek words meaning " acid-former " ( from the Greek οξυς ( oxys ) meaning " acid " or " sharp " and γεινομαι ( geinomai ) meaning " engender ").

Since German reunification on 3 October 1990, Berlin has been one of the three city states, together with Hamburg and Bremen, among the present 16 states of Germany.

Since these are a basis, any quantum state of the particle can be expressed as a linear combination ( i. e., quantum superposition ) of these two states:

Since then, a number of Australian states have introduced or tightened importation regulations.

Since many commentators view the notion of sense as identical to the notion of concept, and Frege regards senses as the linguistic representations of states of affairs in the world, it seems to follow that we may understand concepts as the manner in which we grasp the world.

Since 1938, many states have adopted rules similar to the FRCP.

Since poses were chosen to produce the most convincing images of states of mind and psychological conditions, as in Ashes, the figures impart a monumental, static quality.

Since then the Court has appeared to be more open to finding states guilty of torture and has even ruled that since the Convention is a " living instrument ", treatment which it had previously characterised as inhuman or degrading treatment might in future be regarded as torture.

Since about 93 % of the data submitted to the FBI is in this format, the UCR stands out as the publication of choice as most states require law enforcement agencies to submit this data.

Since all the German states except Prussia had joined in the cry against him, he was forced to go to Berlin.

Since Galen states that he is using observations of monkeys ( human dissection was prohibited ) to give an account of what the body looks like, Vesalius could portray himself as using Galen's approach of description of direct observation to create a record of the exact details of the human body, since he worked in a time when human dissection was allowed.

Since real political power belongs to the sole legal party, in certain states under Marxist constitutions of the constitutionally socialist state type inspired by the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR ) and its constitutive Soviet republics, there was no formal office of head of state, but rather the leader of the legislative branch was considered to be the closest common equivalent of a head of state as a natural person.

Since France had been defeated on these two fronts, states previously conquered and controlled by Napoleon saw a good opportunity to strike back.

Since most disagreements over what to include in the constitution were ultimately disputes over the balance of sovereignty between the states and national government, Madison's influence was critical.

Since the Confederacy was founded, among other things, on states ’ rights, one important factor in Davis ’ choice of cabinet members was representation from the various states.

Since there are many different reference ellipsoids the latitude of a feature on the surface is not unique: this is stressed in the ISO standard which states that " without the full specification of the coordinate reference system, coordinates ( that is latitude and longitude ) are ambiguous at best and meaningless at worst ".

Since the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, unionisation in many eastern European states has collapsed at an even more dramatic rate.

Since slavery had been abolished in Canada in 1833, but was still legal in southern states of the U. S., a Lake Erie crossing was sometimes required for fugitive slaves seeking freedom:

Since this is what ( B ) itself states, it means that ( B ) must be true.

Since mesons are made of one quark and one antiquark, they can be found in triplet and singlet spin states.

Since the end of World War II, many former colonies in the Pacific have become independent states.