On 2015-06-15 8:39 AM, Ian Shaw wrote: > scientifically cautious?
Yes. The only study I am aware of was the Deprelli one and I personally do feel that there is a definite trend in the error rate that indicate that the even/odd ply effect has been reduced. But it was one study. I do remain optimistic that over a greater number of positions the trend would hold in bot play. This post (and the thread in general) of Philippe's may give you a better idea: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnubg/2012-06/msg00032.html -- Michael Petch GNU Backgammon Maintainer / Developer OpenPGP FingerPrint=D81C 6A0D 987E 7DA5 3219 6715 466A 2ACE 5CAE 3304 _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
