I used 7.5 for that study. You are probably looking at the study where I use 7x7 in which case the program was too strong to see a good curve - 8.5 komi is won almost always by black, 9.5 by white if I remember correctly with 7x7.
Let me see if I can actually find the old graph I created - the data is quite convincing. - Don Michael Williams wrote: > Don Dailey wrote: >> Mark, >> >> I wasn't stating a precise value for a doubling when I said 100 >> ELO. But it appears that it is actually worth a bit more than 100 >> ELO for a >> doubling. I did a massive study of this at one point a year or >> more ago with thousands of games with UCT based Lazarus program and the >> strength improvement per doubling was very clear and impressive. > > Don, what komi did you use when you did that study? Looking in the > archives, all I can find is you saying that komi=9 is correct. So > does that mean 8.5 or 9.5? Or did you allow draws? > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
