On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 03:57:37PM +0100, Vlad Dumitrescu wrote: > > Yes, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the strategy should be to > push each game to the limit. Trying to win with a large margin is less > safe than with a small one, so it depends on the gambler's mindset.
That's why I said expected value, and specified an indefinite number of independent games. In this case, the only rational play is to judge the winning percentage for each move and weight it against the value. Mindset has nothing to do with it in this situation. This is standard gambling behavior for this kind of game. > And also possibly add knowledge about the opponent(s). This problem is applicable to the standard win/loss game too -- programs are sometimes tuned against other programs. For the sake of discussion, I'm assuming that you know nothing about the other player and just assume best play from him. -Jeff _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
