On Jul 17, 2008, at 9:51 PM, tk424 wrote:
Hello,
The first question is how to prove the new influence function is
better the old one.
I believe it can be said the new influence function is better if
the new GNU Go wins more games, in average, than the old one. The
rest of the parts will stay the same.
T Kim
Self-play seems like a good smoke-test for whether your influence
function is any better than the existing one. Self-play should not be
used to determine *how* much better, however.
GNU Go also has an extensive suite of regression tests. Examining its
breakage should give you many hints on how your changes to the
influence function interact with other parts of the program. I would
not be surprised if other components are tuned to the existing
algorithm and would need adjustment.
Ian
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