> Personally, I think the next big strength jump would come from combining > localized searches/sequences with the global search's MC playouts.
Curiously, my guess is the opposite: using UCT as the node evaluation in a more traditional alpha-beta searcher. (It's been mentioned a few times here but I don't think anyone has given it a serious try yet?) (BTW, David, the new Many Faces combines traditional algorithms and UCT; how are they working together?) > I always recommend to new developers that they join forces with other > developers to reduce the total work to get a strong bot. I think the > more people we have starting from a solid bot implementation, the faster > we'll discover the next great strength breakthrough. There are lots of competing projects, some open source, some in universities, some commercial. The thinking behind my question is perhaps I can help them all by working on a really good opening library (or connection patterns, or optimized UCT implementation, or whatever is needed most). Darren -- Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer http://dcook.org/mlsn/ (English-Japanese-German-Chinese-Arabic open source dictionary/semantic network) http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) http://darrendev.blogspot.com/ (blog on php, flash, i18n, linux, ...) _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
