Re: [computer-go] RAVE in MoGo paper

2007-10-08 Thread Yamato
>I'm wondering whether the formula to determine the balance between RAVE and >UCT, >beta = sqrt(c / 3 * parentVisits + c), >has any mathematical background - or is it just a best guess for something >that starts at 1 and is 1/2 after a certain number of visits? I guess it is simply a kind of par

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-08 Thread Eric Boesch
On 10/8/07, Tapani Raiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > May sound unpolite. But Deep Blue reached a very > > important step in IA. They will be known for ever. > > But, from a research point of view, they didn't much > > really. It was mainly a technological/technical > > achivement. > > > Maybe th

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to the MoGoBots!

2007-10-08 Thread Jason House
On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 21:20 +0100, Nick Wedd wrote: > I have added this to my report: > > # In its round 1 game with WeakBot50k, HBotSVN achieved a convincingly > # won position with all the dame filled and 25 seconds left on its > # clock. There was then some disagreement about status, and the

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to the MoGoBots!

2007-10-08 Thread Nick Wedd
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jason House <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 16:04 +0100, Nick Wedd wrote: Congratulations to MoGoBot1 and to MoGoBot2, the undefeated winners of both divisions of yesterday's bot tournament on KGS! My report is at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/pas

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-08 Thread terry mcintyre
If they have a supercomputer available, maybe they will have sufficient horsepower to add some interesting pattern-matching and other improvements. Even Microsoft might do something right once in a while. ;) IIRC, a few Microsoft researchers did some interesting work with SVMs and the predictio

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to the MoGoBots!

2007-10-08 Thread Jason House
On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 16:04 +0100, Nick Wedd wrote: > Congratulations to MoGoBot1 and to MoGoBot2, the undefeated winners of > both divisions of yesterday's bot tournament on KGS! > > My report is at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/31/index.html. It > doesn't say much about the play, more abo

[computer-go] Congratulations to the MoGoBots!

2007-10-08 Thread Nick Wedd
Congratulations to MoGoBot1 and to MoGoBot2, the undefeated winners of both divisions of yesterday's bot tournament on KGS! My report is at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/31/index.html. It doesn't say much about the play, more about the seven new competitors. Nick -- Nick Wedd[EMAIL P

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-08 Thread Don Dailey
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Eduardo Sabbatella wrote: > Deep Blue guy, but without cash, I don't see much to > care about. > > May sound unpolite. But Deep Blue reached a very > important step in IA. They will be known for ever. > But, from a research point of view, they didn'

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-08 Thread Tapani Raiko
> May sound unpolite. But Deep Blue reached a very > important step in IA. They will be known for ever. > But, from a research point of view, they didn't much > really. It was mainly a technological/technical > achivement. > Maybe they will reimplement Mogo, try a null-move tweak, use a superco

[computer-go] RAVE in MoGo paper

2007-10-08 Thread Benjamin Teuber
Hi everybody - especially Sylvain =) I'm wondering whether the formula to determine the balance between RAVE and UCT, beta = sqrt(c / 3 * parentVisits + c), has any mathematical background - or is it just a best guess for something that starts at 1 and is 1/2 after a certain number of visits? A

Re: [computer-go] Former Deep Blue Research working on Go

2007-10-08 Thread Eduardo Sabbatella
Deep Blue guy, but without cash, I don't see much to care about. May sound unpolite. But Deep Blue reached a very important step in IA. They will be known for ever. But, from a research point of view, they didn't much really. It was mainly a technological/technical achivement. Don't trow me veggi