> -----Original Message----- > From: Massimiliano Maini > Sent: 09 September 2009 10:51 > > Hmmm, to me the only measure of the "complexity" of a > position would be how often (i.e. a probability) and average > player misplays it. >
Another measure of complexity might be the extent to which a slightly altered position makes a different play (or theme) correct, and by how much. This is very much the thrust of the Ballard/Weaver book. It's theoretically possible to program a bot to fiddle around looking at different positions to find out what causes the correct play to change, typically by moving one or two chequers around. Whether this is a good use of their time is another matter. -- Ian _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
