Re: [computer-go] Re: WMSG - Scoring

2008-12-07 Thread Rémi Coulom
Ingo Althöfer wrote: Concerning the next Computer Olympiad and having in mind the discussion on the last one ("how fair is 7.5 komi for 9x9 computer games?") the WMSG scoring should be worth to be discussed for 9x9. Nobody will want such a scoring in computer go. It is not a matter of addi

Re: [computer-go] Re: WMSG - Scoring

2008-12-07 Thread Don Dailey
On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 12:12 +0100, Rémi Coulom wrote: > Ingo Althöfer wrote: > > > > Concerning the next Computer Olympiad and having in mind > > the discussion on the last one ("how fair is 7.5 komi for > > 9x9 computer games?") the WMSG scoring should be worth > > to be discussed for 9x9. > >

Re: [computer-go] Re: WMSG - Scoring

2008-12-07 Thread Michael Goetze
Ingo Althöfer wrote: Michael Goetze wrote: I doubt that this rule has a significant effect on playing strength, either of computers or humans. After all, the average effect is about half a point per game, which you probably won't notice below the level of amateur 6d or 7d. You are right, and

Re: [computer-go] Monte-Carlo Tree Search reference bot

2008-12-07 Thread dhillismail
Finally got a window of time. It's called the "epsilon trick." Here is a cut and paste of Lukasz' explanation from the archives, including how to calculate N. - Dave Hillis -- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: computer-go@computer-go.org