Re: [computer-go] Details of AnchorMan

2007-02-06 Thread Chris Fant
This is happening everyday for me. My IP is not changing. I don't think it's a lag issue. But I could be wrong. Is it possible that there is a bug in the Windows TCL interpreter? How many other people out there are running TCL on Windows for cgos? On 2/6/07, Magnus Persson [EMAIL

[computer-go] cgos ggexp

2007-02-06 Thread Chris Fant
To who it may concern: ggexp appears to be losing all of it's games on time. ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/

Re: [computer-go] Why not forums?

2007-02-06 Thread Matt Gokey
Eduardo Sabbatella wrote: No please. I use my email client, I sort them, I store them I'm happy with it. Personally, I will not be able to read the forum at work. It will be the difference between reading and not reading the list. I want to choose which info will push me, and forget. I

[computer-go] Monte Carlo (MC) vs Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC)

2007-02-06 Thread Matt Gokey
Upon continuing to learn about the general Monte Carlo field, I've found it seems there is a general consensus in this community about a distinction between Monte Carlo (MC) and what appears to be commonly called Quasi Monte Carlo (QMC). MC is defined as using random/pseudo-random distributions

Re: [computer-go] Monte Carlo (MC) vs Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC)

2007-02-06 Thread Tapani Raiko
It seems that there are at least three cases: 1: Choosing a random move from a uniform distribution 2: Choosing a random move from a nonuniform distribution (patterns etc.) 3: Choosing a move taking into account what has been chosen before The concensus seems to be that numbers 1 and 2 are MC and

Re: [computer-go] cgos ggexp

2007-02-06 Thread Don Dailey
I just checked this for January and here are the statics: When playing white ggexp played: 1087 games 295 losses 8 of these were time losses. When playing black ggexp played 1036 games 341 losses 17 losses So I don't see that it's losing all

Re: [computer-go] cgos ggexp

2007-02-06 Thread Chris Fant
It lost several games in a row on time at the time that I sent that message. Obviously, it can't have lost ALL of it's games and still attained an 1800 rating. On 2/6/07, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just checked this for January and here are the statics: When playing white ggexp

Re: [computer-go] cgos ggexp

2007-02-06 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 14:16 -0500, Chris Fant wrote: It lost several games in a row on time at the time that I sent that message. Obviously, it can't have lost ALL of it's games and still attained an 1800 rating. I assumed that you meant that of all the games it lost, they were mostly due to

Re: [computer-go] Monte Carlo (MC) vs Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC)

2007-02-06 Thread Matt Gokey
ivan dubois wrote: I dont understand how you can reduce the variance of monte-carlo sampling, given a simulation can return either 0(loss) or 1(win). Maybe it means trying to have mean values that are closer to 0 or 1 ? Well strictly speaking I agree the standard models don't fit that well -

Re: [computer-go] Monte Carlo (MC) vs Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC)

2007-02-06 Thread Luke Gustafson
It seems that there are at least three cases: 1: Choosing a random move from a uniform distribution 2: Choosing a random move from a nonuniform distribution (patterns etc.) 3: Choosing a move taking into account what has been chosen before The concensus seems to be that numbers 1 and 2 are MC

[computer-go] MC Go Effectiveness

2007-02-06 Thread Matt Gokey
It seems to me, the fundamental reason MC go (regardless of details) works as it does is because it is the only search method (at least that I am aware of) that has found a way to manage the evaluation problem. Evaluation is not as problematic because MC goes to the bitter end where the status is