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Khan, U.A., Okada, Y. (2015). Genetic Algorithm (GA)-Based NPC Making. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_33-1

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