The assumptions under which UCT converges are the same as alpha-beta,
minimax, state-space search, A*, etc.

"Converges" has a definition. You cannot redefine "converges" to preclude
large (but finite) amounts of resources.


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Subject: Re: [Computer-go] convergence in UCT search

At 12:40 PM 11/14/2011, Brian Sheppard wrote:
>My understanding is the opposite: UCT search with random playouts converges
>to best play in every two-player game.

That is true with infinite time and memory.  In practice,
even very obviously non-optimum moves persist with any reasonable
amount of search resources.


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