[computer-go] Connecting to CGOS

2008-10-31 Thread Jason House
I tried to connect to CGOS last night with only marginal success. It seems that I only get one game in each time I connect. After the first failure, I found that the client was repeatedly reporting server connection errors. I think it was something to the effect of "no route to host". I ass

Re: [computer-go] Re: Another enhancement to AMAF

2008-10-31 Thread Don Dailey
Dave, I have been in computer chess for years and this is a common problem. One computer chess team I know of uses over 50,000 games to test most of their improvements, simply because this number is required in order to have even a reasonable certainty that something good happened or didn't h

Re: [computer-go] A new reference bot enhancement to try

2008-10-31 Thread Don Dailey
The incentive idea proved to be just a modest improvement and I tried all kinds of weights and formula's. The linear formula seems to work best and gives roughly 30 ELO. It definitely seems worth it. However, I combined that with another improvement that gives a major strength boost. This new

Re: [computer-go] A new reference bot enhancement to try

2008-10-31 Thread Don Dailey
On Fri, 2008-10-31 at 17:29 -0400, Don Dailey wrote: > After over 350 games it is giving 131 ELO improvement over the > standard > "mark williams enhanced" bot. This bot also has the linear incentive > bonus in it. To clarify, the mark williams enhanced bot only has the mark williams enhancemen

Re: [computer-go] A new reference bot enhancement to try

2008-10-31 Thread Don Dailey
Let me clarify again ... I keep saying "Mark Williams" but I mean "Michael Williams." Many years ago I purchased "coherent" for my PC, a unix OS that was affordable way before Linux existed. The company that produced it was called the "Mark Williams Company" and I cannot get that name out of

RE: [computer-go] MC programs vs. top commercial programs?

2008-10-31 Thread David Fotland
The release version of Many Faces 12, available now, should be compatible with Wine. David > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of terry mcintyre > Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 12:31 PM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: [comput

[computer-go] Many Faces version 12 is released

2008-10-31 Thread David Fotland
Free trial download at www.smart-games.com, registration keys available for purchase. The discount price is still available for the weekend. David ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/comp