Re: [personal] Re: [computer-go] Re: Implications of a CPU vs Memory trend on MCTS

2009-05-12 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:47 PM, Dave Dyer wrote: > > > > >I assume Dave Dyer does not understand alpha beta pruning either, or he > would not assume the branching factor is 361. > > The branch at the root is about (361-move number) - you have to consider > all top level moves. A/B only kicks in

Re: [personal] Re: [computer-go] Re: Implications of a CPU vs Memory trend on MCTS

2009-05-12 Thread Dave Dyer
> >I assume Dave Dyer does not understand alpha beta pruning either, or he would >not assume the branching factor is 361. The branch at the root is about (361-move number) - you have to consider all top level moves. A/B only kicks in by lowering the average branching factor at lower levels. If