Re: [computer-go] Ladders and UCT

2008-06-18 Thread Magnus Persson
No, if no patterns or tactics are triggered all moves has the same priority and are played uniformly as usual. It is only sequences that trigger forced moves that are deterministic, and in many cases two or more moves with the same priority is triggered too and then there is random choice b

Re: [computer-go] Ladders and UCT

2008-06-18 Thread Mark Boon
On 17-jun-08, at 22:26, Peter Drake wrote: Without the 10% random moves, would every playout from a given leaf be identical? I have not exprimented with introducing randomness. I always play ladder-capturing and ladder-escaping moves. But that does not imply at all that all playouts be

[computer-go] Congress tournament: you can send a proxy

2008-06-18 Thread Peter Drake
For the tournament at the US Go Congress: Please remember that you can send someone else to run your program if you can't attend yourself. You might consider finding someone who is attending anyway and would be willing to run your program. Is there anyone attending the Congress who does NOT

Re: [computer-go] Congress tournament: you can send a proxy

2008-06-18 Thread Jason House
I can provide a pre-built executable for my bot if I know the target hardware and who to give it to. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 18, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Peter Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For the tournament at the US Go Congress: Please remember that you can send someone else to run your p