Re: [computer-go] fill board not effective in Many Faces

2009-08-29 Thread Olivier Teytaud
Hmm. It will take quite a while to run a few thousand games with 200K > playouts, and I might need a stronger opponent, but I’m trying it now. > Yes, I know it takes time :-) by the way it was already significantly efficient at 100 000 sims / move. I don't know the result for 50 000 but perhap

RE: [computer-go] fill board not effective in Many Faces

2009-08-29 Thread David Fotland
09 12:17 PM To: computer-go Subject: Re: [computer-go] fill board not effective in Many Faces If none, fill_board: pick a random empty point. If it is not on the 1st or 2nd line and there are no stones in 8 adjacent points, play it We repeat this several times, but this does not explain w

Re: [computer-go] fill board not effective in Many Faces

2009-08-29 Thread Olivier Teytaud
> > If none, fill_board: pick a random empty point. If it is not on the 1st or > 2nd line and there are no stones in 8 adjacent points, play it > We repeat this several times, but this does not explain why it does not work for just a single time. The main weakness in your experimental setup is t

RE: [computer-go] fill board not effective in Many Faces

2009-08-29 Thread David Fotland
ter-go- > boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Michael Williams > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 10:54 AM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: [computer-go] fill board not effective in Many Faces > > Can someone refresh me on the concept of fill board? > > David Fotland wrot

Re: [computer-go] fill board not effective in Many Faces

2009-08-29 Thread Michael Williams
Can someone refresh me on the concept of fill board? David Fotland wrote: I finally found time to try fill_board, and it made the program a little weaker. I tested against gnugo level 10, 19x19 board, vs Many Faces with 10K playouts per move. Before fill_board it won 1183 of 1411, 84%, 1.9% 95

[computer-go] fill board not effective in Many Faces

2009-08-29 Thread David Fotland
I finally found time to try fill_board, and it made the program a little weaker. I tested against gnugo level 10, 19x19 board, vs Many Faces with 10K playouts per move. Before fill_board it won 1183 of 1411, 84%, 1.9% 95% confidence interval. After it won 1375 of 1676, 82%, 1.8% 95% confidence in