On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 09:40:46AM +0900, Darren Cook wrote: > > >> I have one interesting test that I do, which I take > >> with a grain of salt, but I use as a first guess estimate. I search > >> from the opening position a few hundred times and average the time > >> required to find the move "e5." ... > > Yes, I noticed libego usually switches to e5 at some point between 100K > and 200K playouts. Like Don, though, I'd take that with a grain of salt; > it is quite possible that there is no single best first move (e.g. 5-5, > 4-4 and 3-4 might all be joint best).
That's true - but all the 3-4 points should get about equal scores on an empty board, as should all 4-4 points, etc. Would that not be a good indication that the program 'understands' the situation, instead of just randomly hitting on a good move? - Heikki -- Heikki Levanto "In Murphy We Turst" heikki (at) lsd (dot) dk _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
