> It seems to me that improvements in playout policy would apply to any time control.
Well, I have to believe Mogo on this one. They said that fillboard helps (only) on deep searches on the 19x19 board. So improvement in playout policy might not apply to any time control. If your search is exhaustive, then your intuition might be pretty solid. But MCTS is highly selective, seldom searching more than a few moves per node. Consequently, the balance between exploration and exploitation is more delicate. On a time-limited search, it may pay to concentrate on possibilities that are likely to be correct. If you have more time, then you can admit more options. Brian _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
