On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Chun Sun <[email protected]> wrote:

> must be my misunderstanding... My interpretation is just the opposite:
> ladders are not grown in the tree; they are part of the play-outs on the
> leafs (default policy).
>
> Need experts for further explanations :)
>

I'm not sure myself and I'm certainly no expert,   but I think this is
still a black art and handled differently by different programs.

Don





>
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Don Dailey <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I was curious about this myself.   I am so heavily involved in computer
>> chess that I'm having trouble keeping up with Go.     But I am amazed at
>> how strong the 19x19 go programs when I know that ladders are a big part of
>> go and that they are not easily dealt with in playouts.
>>
>> So if I understand this correctly,  you do significant analysis in the
>> tree portion of MFGO but not in the playouts?    Is that pretty typical of
>> the best programs?
>>
>> Don
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 11:41 AM, David Fotland 
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> I’m not sure I understand exactly what you are asking, but I think
>>> neither is true. ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Many MCTS programs read ladders as part of move generation or bias.  For
>>> example ladder status may be part of the pattern data used for move bias in
>>> the UCT tree.  During play outs, some programs use ladder status to select
>>> the move to play.  For example a local response to the last move might be
>>> “If the last move put a stone in atari, play in the liberty of the stone in
>>> atari, provided it is not captured in a ladder”.   Many Faces uses ladder
>>> status in these ways.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> I don’t think a program should play out the ladder in the play out,
>>> since half the moves are very bad.****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> David****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:
>>> [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Chun Sun
>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:22 AM
>>> *To:* [email protected]
>>> *Subject:* [Computer-go] ladder****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Hi... do MCTS programs usually put a specific ladder branch, or this
>>> branch should be automatically generated given the right implementation?
>>> ****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> This question has been hoovering in my head for a while and I wanted to
>>> take the shortcut to ask here :)****
>>>
>>> ** **
>>>
>>> Thanks,****
>>>
>>> Chun****
>>>
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