2009/7/12 David Fotland <fotl...@smart-games.com> > e) use a knowledge system that knows what good moves look to prune or > bias the moves when way ahead or way behind. This is what many Faces does. >
This is what I believe to be the most reasonable approach. - Don > > David > > > > *From:* computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org [mailto: > computer-go-boun...@computer-go.org] *On Behalf Of * > dhillism...@netscape.net > *Sent:* Sunday, July 12, 2009 9:54 AM > *To:* computer-go@computer-go.org > *Subject:* Re: [computer-go] Re: Dynamic komi in commercial programs > > > > There are 3 commonly cited problems and 4 commonly proposed remedies. > Problems: > 1) Human games remain interesting, even after the winner is clear, because > the players just naturally switch to playing for maximum territory. Wouldn't > MCTS bots be more fun to play against if they did that too? > 2) Sometimes a bot has a win by a small margin, but thinks it's a win by a > big margin (because it is misreading a seki or whatever). Consequently, the > bot neglects to defend the space that matters and loses after all. > 3) For a big enough handicap, the bot plays random, ugly looking moves in > the beginning. Can't that be improved? > Remedies: > a) Play for maximum territory sometimes. > b) Fake the Komi sometimes. > c) Unbalance the playout strength sometimes. > d) Worry about more important things. > The vagueness in the "sometimes" part doesn't help in deciding which remedy > is best for which problem. > > Looking at the handicap problem alone, how can I pick the best remedy and > justify my decision? Maybe I could take my engine at a reasonable time > setting and experiment with all the remedies to try to find the highest > handicap I can give Wally and still win 50% of the games. > > - Dave Hillis > > > ------------------------------ > > *A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps!<http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377098x1201454399/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=JulystepsfooterNO62> > * > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ >
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