Hi Philippe, > use more and/or different inputs. In an old article in Inside Backgammon, > Brian Sheppard wrote "We figure a typical net has 400 inputs" but this > looks like a random guess. I think he is the author of a very strong > Scrabble program and was knowledgeable on games AI in general, but maybe > not specifically neural networks and backgammon.
IIRC Sheppard had a neural net for BG of it's own, given that this article shows so much knowledge this is plausible. Unfortunately it was never published... *sigh* another bot that is not accessible as TD-Gammon or mloner.... :( ciao Frank _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list Bug-gnubg@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg