Re: [computer-go] Progressive widening vs unpruning

2009-10-06 Thread Darren Cook
I tried this yesterday with K=10 and it seemed to make Many Faces weaker (84.2% +- 2.3 vs 81.6% +-1.7), not 95% confidence, but likely weaker. This is 19x19 vs gnugo with Many Faces using 8K playouts per move, 1000 games without and 2000 games with the change. I have the UCT exploration

[computer-go] Congratulations to AyaMC!

2009-10-06 Thread Nick Wedd
Congratulations to AyaMC, winner of Sunday's KGS Computer Go tournament! My report is at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/52/index.html Two people had bots crash after receiving the message FINEST: Still an outstanding command. I do not know what this means, and am reporting it to wms.

RE: [computer-go] Progressive widening vs unpruning

2009-10-06 Thread David Fotland
What value of K is used with many simulations. It seems that with millions of simulations, a small value for K will make little difference. David -Original Message- From: computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org [mailto:computer-go- boun...@computer-go.org] On Behalf Of Darren Cook Sent:

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to AyaMC!

2009-10-06 Thread Nick Wedd
In message wladvtgcx1ykf...@maproom.demon.co.uk, Nick Wedd n...@maproom.co.uk writes Congratulations to AyaMC, winner of Sunday's KGS Computer Go tournament! My report is at http://www.weddslist.com/kgs/past/52/index.html Two people had bots crash after receiving the message FINEST: Still an

[computer-go] [Fwd: Announcement ICGA Events 2010]

2009-10-06 Thread Jacques BasaldĂșa
Is it possible to participate in these tournaments remotely? I think I would like to start participating in these, but I certainly have no budget (or time) to travel outside of Europe. :-( Petr Pasky Baudis For the ICGA Computer Olympiad, there should be no

[computer-go] still an outstanding command

2009-10-06 Thread Martin Mueller
This is caused by the fact that both CzechBot and Fuego (probably) were stuck up in reading, probably either getting dead-locked or stuck in some infinite loop; so in fact the outstanding command was genmove, and neither of these ever chose which move to play. CzechBot wasn't even printing

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to AyaMC!

2009-10-06 Thread terry mcintyre
Is there a way to implement I don't understand that command? a NAK, perhaps? Terry McIntyre terrymcint...@yahoo.com And one sad servitude alike denotes The slave that labours and the slave that votes -- Peter Pindar From: Nick Wedd n...@maproom.co.uk To:

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to AyaMC!

2009-10-06 Thread Jason House
Yes, there is a way. Error responses start with ? and success responses start with =. The bigger issue is how to detect crashes in kgsGtp. Maybe it's as simple as having kgsGtp kill a bot with outstanding commands before joining a new game. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2009, at 3:22 PM,

Re: kgsGtp (was Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to AyaMC!)

2009-10-06 Thread Jason House
That already exists: kgs-game_over is sent after every game (if you support it). That it's up to your bot to decide if it should terminate, run a full garbage collection, pause pondering, etc... I think most people use a sentinel file. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 6, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Peter

Re: kgsGtp (was Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to AyaMC!)

2009-10-06 Thread Don Dailey
2009/10/6 Jason House jason.james.ho...@gmail.com That already exists: kgs-game_over is sent after every game (if you support it). That it's up to your bot to decide if it should terminate, run a full garbage collection, pause pondering, etc... I think most people use a sentinel file. Are