Please can someone answer my question about playout rates? If you must make some comment about scaling or nakade or anything similar, please change the title and start a new thread.
David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Fotland > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:48 AM > To: 'computer-go' > Subject: [computer-go] Go knowledge and UCT > > UCT with light playouts that just avoid filling eyes is scalable, but > much > weaker than the strongest programs at 19x19 go. > > The strong programs have incorporated significant go knowledge, to > direct > the search to promising lines (usually local), to order moves to try, > and to > prune unpromising moves (please no scalability flames - I know they can > unprune and stay scalable). > > I suspect that the stronger programs have more go knowledge. From > published > descriptions it looks like CrazyStone has the most pattern knowledge, > and it > is on top of the 19x19 ladder. > > I suspect that programs with more go knowledge have slower playouts. > > So, can the strong 19x19 programs please tell us your playout rates? I > expect the higher the rank, the fewer playouts per second. I'm not > interested in 9x9 data, since I think much less go knowledge is needed > to > play 9x9. With your playout rate, please include the machine, number > of > CPUs, and how you measured it (from an empty board, or averaged over a > whole > game, or ...). > > David > > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
