> Also, if you are down 8 or 9 stones, maximizing your winning chances is > still the right strategy, right?
With MCTS algorithms the error margin is high at the start of the game, and low in the endgame. In a handicap game against a stronger opponent the assumption is that the weaker player will make more mistakes (i.e. has a higher error margin overall). But MCTS programs don't see it that way - their opponent model is the same strength as they are. So they choose a move that gives them 95% (+/- 20%) win (against themselves) instead of the better move that they only gives them a 90% (+/- 20%) win (against themselves). (I.e. I'm saying their error margin in the opening is much greater than the difference in their estimate of move values.) 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 computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
