On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 08:05 +0900, Darren Cook wrote: > > I am considering to change the time control when I change > > over officially to 5 minutes instead of 10. > > I'd prefer the longer time control, though I guess my vote has to be > weak as my program wouldn't be there until Summer at the earliest. > > > the Monte Carlo programs which play quite strongly even at > > 2 minutes per game. > > That summarizes my main argument against short time controls: it limits > the choices for experimentation so to meet time controls everyone will > end up running very similar MC programs. With more time people have some > breathing space to experiment with new ideas and intelligence.
I would argue than longer time controls favor monte carlo approaches by far. I have a scalability study in progress that shows UCT responds enormously to longer time controls. - Don > Darren > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
