>So this is monoculture to a degree alfa-beta in moni culture in chess.
No, alpha-beta is fundamentally different. Search with alpha-beta gives the same answers, but does it faster than search without. Working on better alpha-beta really is just making the program faster. On the other hand, monte carlo is a heuristic technique. It seems to work, but we don't even have a clear idea why it works as well as it seems to. It definitely changes the way programs play, and subtle differences in the implementation make huge differences in the apparent effectiveness. In a sense, this is like looking for the lost keys under the street light. It IS more effective to search where you can see, but are still huge pools of darkness out there; and finding more effective search patterns (only under the light) will never be a complete solution. _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
