Apply my argument again:) The bot should roll, then resign. (I am not saying how hard or easy it is to do in gnubg, but just what makes sense for a bot)
-Joseph On 15 February 2012 11:47, Michael Petch <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14/02/2012 3:32 PM, Joseph Heled wrote: >> if the bot does not care about points lost, it should resign, no? >> > In the case I showed yes, the bot would have already resigned. But in my > example I used it as a "edit position" and asked the bot to tell me what > it should do with the play. Although outside a complete match. My > example may not have been the best one. A better example is probably > this one: > > GNU Backgammon Position ID: CgAA2Lo7AAACAA > Match ID : 8AlgAaAAAAAA > +24-23-22-21-20-19------18-17-16-15-14-13-+ O: mpetch > OOO | O O | | | 10 points > OOO | | | | > OOO | | | | > OO | | | | > OO | | | | > | |BAR| |v 11 point match (Cube: 1) > | | | | > | | | | > | X X X | | | > | X X X X X | | | On roll > | X X X X X X | X | | 0 points > +-1--2--3--4--5--6-------7--8--9-10-11-12-+ X: gnubg > > 1. Cubeful 2-ply bar/15 6/1(2) MWC: 0.000% > 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 - 1.0000 0.9830 0.0000 > 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > 2. Cubeful 2-ply bar/20 6/1(3) MWC: 0.000% ( > 0.000%) > 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 - 1.0000 0.9830 0.6944 > 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > 3. Cubeful 2-ply bar/5 MWC: 0.000% ( > 0.000%) > 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 - 1.0000 0.8981 0.0000 > 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > 4. Cubeful 2-ply bar/10 6/1 MWC: 0.000% ( > 0.000%) > 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 - 1.0000 0.9830 0.0000 > 2-ply cubeful prune [world class] > > > > The Bot had a chance to win before the roll, but not after. In this case > it happens that it plays bar/15 6/1(2). It doesn't save the gammon, and > on next roll the bot will resign. It could have saved the gammon but it > didn't. Apply same argument from my original position to this. > > -- > Michael Petch > CApp::Sysware Consulting Ltd. > OpenPGP FingerPrint=D81C 6A0D 987E 7DA5 3219 6715 466A 2ACE 5CAE 3304 _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
