Re: [Computer-go] February KGS bot tournament: 19x19

2011-02-05 Thread Nick Wedd
Reminder - it's tomorrow. The February 2011 KGS computer Go tournament will be on Sunday February 6th, starting at 08:00 UTC and ending at 16:00 UTC. It will be a 16-round Swiss with 19x19 boards, 14 minutes each of main time, and Canadian Overtime of 25 moves in 60 seconds. It will use

Re: [Computer-go] naive thoughts on enthalpy and dynamic komi

2011-02-05 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le 04/02/2011 14:48, Stefan Kaitschick a écrit : Am 04.02.2011 14:36, schrieb Robert Lupton the Good: Actually that's the Entropy, S; Enthalpy is E - PV (energy corrected for pressure work). If you are interested in thermodynamic analogues, the Helmholtz free energy (E - TS) might be an

Re: [Computer-go] naive thoughts on enthalpy and dynamic komi

2011-02-05 Thread Stefan Kaitschick
Am 05.02.2011 12:50, schrieb Alain Baeckeroot: Le 04/02/2011 14:48, Stefan Kaitschick a écrit : Am 04.02.2011 14:36, schrieb Robert Lupton the Good: Actually that's the Entropy, S; Enthalpy is E - PV (energy corrected for pressure work). If you are interested in thermodynamic analogues, the

Re: [Computer-go] naive thoughts on enthalpy and dynamic komi

2011-02-05 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le 05/02/2011 15:17, Stefan Kaitschick a écrit : You really mean enthalpy? I thought entropy of information was more applicable here than enthalpy of formation. :-) (i don't get your joke, but this due to my poor english understanding :) ) Yes i mean (as Nick did) enthalpy Temperature of

Re: [Computer-go] naive thoughts on enthalpy and dynamic komi

2011-02-05 Thread Brian Sheppard
Yes i mean (as Nick did) enthalpy Nick's formula is entropy. The enthalpy formula is very different. Nick's information-gathering analogy is also apt: by collecting trials that have greater entropy your search is collecting more information. This leads directly to a theory of why dynamic komi