Well,... good luck with that! :-) Seriously: it is important to account for p-space completeness. That is, a set of rules that covers Go without conflict must be exponential in space usage.
Search has a triple role in system design. It accounts (at least asymptotically) for missing knowledge and also papers over disagreements between rules. It also evaluates the global situation, which allows rules to be expressed in terms of purely local effects. From my perspective, that is too good a deal to pass by. But I don't want to be only a bearer of bad news. If you accept a limitation on your rule sets, then there is a higher level conflict resolution method that will lead to good results. Your rules could express their effect as a local point gain, in the sense of "temperature". That is, temperature == the difference between moving first and letting the opponent move first. Then CGT provides a higher-order theory for rationalizing multiple priorities. This suggestion only addresses one of the three roles of search, though perhaps the most important one. Best, Brian -----Original Message----- From: Computer-go [mailto:computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Robert Jasiek Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 10:17 AM To: computer-go@computer-go.org Subject: Re: [Computer-go] AlphaGo Zero SGF - Free Use or Copyright? On 26.10.2017 13:52, Brian Sheppard via Computer-go wrote: > MCTS is the glue that binds incompatible rules. This is, however, not what I mean. Conflicting principles (call them rules if you like) must be dissolved by higher order principles. Only when all conflicts are dissolved should MCTS be applied. What you describe has been used with success and better success than I expect what my knowledge-pure approach can currently achieve. But MCTS as glue for conflicting principles has also run into a boundary. I want to see that boundary surpassed by my pure approach. -- robert jasiek _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@computer-go.org http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
