On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 13:48 +0100, Jacques Basaldúa wrote: > Darren Cook wrote: > > > All except joseki-knowledge is board-size independent. > > Maybe human player's adapt to different board sizes without > even noticing. But if you try to model strategy with algorithms > it is totally board size dependent.
Doesn't that just imply the model is incorrect? If the model captures the true spirit of the game, it shouldn't matter. In practice things often work differently. We choose approximations that are not strictly correct and it may work well for us on a certain board. As far as a joseki is concerned, that is not science so I suppose you would be correct if that's what you are refering to. There may be some formal (but likely complex) way to describe a correct opening play strategy on any size board that is not board-size dependent. I'll try to give an example: On small boards, it seems like it's correct to play to the center point on the first move? Why? The rule: always play to the center point might NOT be a board size independent strategy but might work well for boards smaller than say 11x11. But if you could capture the REASON for this, you might be able to formulate a better strategy for playing the first move that would work on all boards. There are underlying reasons for everything and that is what must be captured to achieve a boardsize independent strategy. Of course I'm getting rather theoretical. I understand that you are looking for practical solutions and approximations. - Don _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
