This is how I set up problems for UCT.  You can also manipulate
komi by using a value that makes finding the right move critical
because in some position the "right" move doesn't actually win
or lose the game.

- Don

On Mon, 2007-04-16 at 11:18 -0400, Álvaro Begué wrote:
> As part of our testing of dimwit I have set up simple life-and-death
> problems by filling out most of the board with stones of the color on
> the outside of the problem and by setting the komi so that the result
> of the game is effectively whether the group in the problem lives or
> not. This has worked surprisingly well for all the problems I've
> tried.
> 
> Álvaro.
> 
> 
> On 4/16/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thanks, although if you're referring to
> >    Modification of UCT with Patterns in Monte Carlo Go [Section 3.3]
> >    http://hal.inria.fr/docs/00/12/15/16/PDF/RR-6062.pdf
> > I was aware of it already... the way I understood is was that
> > in some fixed(?) amount of simulations moves were restricted
> > to the local area and the rest of the simulations were done as
> > usually while _the objective was all the time winning the game_.
> >
> > What I'm am curious about is if Monte Carlo Go/UCT has been
> > used for solving life and death/capturing/connection problems,
> > in which the objective is to determine whether the proposed
> > problem has a solution or not?
> >
> > -Esa
> >
> > On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Chris Fant wrote:
> > > Sylvian's paper on MoGo talks about how they do this on boards larger
> > > than 9x9.  Sorry, don't have a link for you.
> > >
> > > On 4/16/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>  Hi, I distantly remember a post, where someone said something
> > >>  about someone (sorry... I know this is really vaque) working
> > >>  on using Monte Carlo Go/UCT to estimate results in subgames,
> > >>  i.e., life & death, connection, capture, etc.
> > >>
> > >>  Does anyone know, if there are any published results on
> > >>  the subject?
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