Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-09 Thread Andrés Domínguez
2007/10/10, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Andrés, > > You are right about null move of course. The assumption that other > moves are >= to the value of a pass is much stronger in GO than in > Chess, yet ironically it's not as effective in Go. That was what i was trying to say. Pass is one o

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-09 Thread Don Dailey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrés, You are right about null move of course. The assumption that other moves are >= to the value of a pass is much stronger in GO than in Chess, yet ironically it's not as effective in Go. - - Don Andrés Domínguez wrote: > 2007/10/9, Eric Boes

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-09 Thread Don Dailey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pass is just as good as a null move - it's the same and it isn't an issue that hurts null move pruning. But null move pruning isn't just about the null move. It's about the subsequent search reduction that goes with it, otherwise it's no saving. In

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-09 Thread Andrés Domínguez
2007/10/9, Eric Boesch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 10/8/07, Tapani Raiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > May sound unpolite. But Deep Blue reached a very > > > important step in IA. They will be known for ever. > > > But, from a research point of view, they didn't much > > > really. It was mainly a

Re: [computer-go] Mertin's private 9×9 & 19×19 tournam ent

2007-10-09 Thread Nick Wedd
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Edward de Grijs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes   Hello all,   is something known about this tournament yet? In http://www.computer-go.info/events/future.html is stated that this tournament would take place this year in Germany, but so far no news. Does somebody have mo

[computer-go] Mertin's private 9×9 & 19×1 9 tournament

2007-10-09 Thread Edward de Grijs
Hello all, is something known about this tournament yet? In http://www.computer-go.info/events/future.html is stated that this tournament would take place this year in Germany, but so far no news. Does somebody have more information? Edward __

Re: [computer-go] RAVE in MoGo paper

2007-10-09 Thread Sylvain Gelly
Hi, 2007/10/8, Benjamin Teuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi everybody - especially Sylvain =) > > I'm wondering whether the formula to determine the balance between RAVE > and UCT, > beta = sqrt(c / 3 * parentVisits + c), > has any mathematical background - or is it just a best guess for something