Reminder - it's tomorrow
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nick Wedd
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
Registration is now open for the next bot tournament on KGS, which will
be on Sunday November 16th. Each division will be a 5-round Swiss,
19x19 boards, 43 minutes each plus very fast Canadian overti
Hello Tony,
I'm just speaking for myself here, but I suspect you may not get the answers
you are looking for, because you're not asking the right questions.
I get the impression that the situation is similar to this scenario:
A young guy with a surf board and a hawai shirt t
In message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
< Hawaiian shirt analogy snipped >
>I hope you don't feel offended. Indeed you took up a wonderful
>endeavour, but I sense that you're not quite ready to go for the summit
>today.
But Tony never expressed any interest in "going for the sum
You are absolutely right. Tony did not imply he wanted to go for the summit
today. Also, Tony's qualifications are surely a lot better than a hawaiian
shirt and a surfboard.
My analogy was an exaggeration with the intention of explaining to Tony that he
has more catching up to do than he migh
Just a quickstart here, and I'm not one of the real experts, so it may contain
inaccuracies. Perhaps you already know all this, perhaps not.
The basis of many game-playing programs (like chess programs) is the minimax
(or negamax) algorithm.
It is a simple algorithm by itself and you can find a
Van: tony tang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Verzonden: za 15-11-2008 21:22
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Onderwerp: [RE:computer-go] Monte carlo play?
Hello Dave,
Thank you for a thorough introduction of the theory, and i sincerely hope I am
not wasting your time with amateur questions.
Because it was qu
Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Verzonden: za 15-11-2008 22:44
Aan: tony tang
Onderwerp: RE: computer-go] Monte carlo play?
Hello Tony,
Ok, so you know about the minimax algorithm and the like. My impression was
wrong and I'm very sorry for my analogy.
I'm no expert on montecarlo, so I can only say w
Van: tony tang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Verzonden: za 15-11-2008 23:08
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Onderwerp: RE: computer-go] Monte carlo play?
Thanks Dave, that was incredible helpful, hopefully this new hobby of mine will
materialise into a decent project.
All the best
Tony
___
> In a game of self play, if both parties are employing only monte
> carlo, ... random simulations... wouldnt it be very weak...
> ... and some playing around I am clearly mistaken because its works
> quite well.
Yes, it doesn't make sense but it does indeed seem to work :-).
> I have seen papers
