I think it is too expensive to read ladders during playouts. I remember that you have faster ladders search code so it might not cost you as much. My playout code has no ability to undo a move or do any kind of lookahead.
David > > Some examples: David Fotland wrote he does light playouts with just a > few patterns but no tactics. I find that using a moderate amount of > tactics actually is the biggest contributor to playing strength (save > one or more stones if can't be caught in ladder). However, augmenting > patterns with tactical information I found doesn't help at all, even > when disregarding the performance cost. Maybe David uses some patterns > to compensate for part of the tactics and relies on the faster > playouts to compensate for poorer playouts. I'm guessing here, but > otherwise I can't imagine why he would forego what otherwise seems to > be a big gain in strength. > > Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
