On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 12:25:10AM +0100, Rémi Coulom wrote: > > If you'd like to try a simple pruning scheme that improves playing > strength on 19x19, then I'd suggest progressive widening. It only works > in the tree, not in the playouts. You don't need complex patterns for > progressive widening to work. You can simply use distance to the > previous move. Search moves at distance 1 from the previous move for N > playouts. Then add moves at distance 2 for N*x playouts. Moves at > distance 3 for N*x*x.
So, you'd be playing like a beginner, with a local answer to every move the opponent makes. Never taking sente to play elsewhere. Sounds like a receipe for a disaster to me. But then again, I am only a kyu-level player, so I may be wrong... -H -- 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/
