States by MD. MINHAZUL ALAM 192-15-2877 - Monday, 26 July 2021, 1:59 PM Number of replies: 0 Initial state: It comprises the position of the board and showing whose move it is.Successor function: It defines the legal moves a player can make are.Terminal state: It is the position of the board when the game gets over.Utility function: It is a function that assigns a numeric value for the outcome of a game. For instance, in chess or tic-tac-toe, the outcome is either a win, a loss, or a draw, and these can be represented by the values +1, -1, or 0, respectively. There are games that have a much larger range of possible outcomes; for instance, the utilities in backgammon varies from +192 to -192. A utility function can also be called a payoff function Permalink