[computer-go] June KGS Computer Go tournament: 19x19, an hour each

2007-05-30 Thread Jacques Basaldúa
We all think about UCT all day long, ;-) but universal time is called UTC. The acronym is far from obvious, because: The International Telecommunication Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Telecommunication_Union wanted Coordinated Universal Time to have a single abbreviation for

Re: [computer-go] Efficiently selecting a point to play in a random playout

2007-05-30 Thread Jacques Basaldúa
Lukasz Lew wrote: Is libego too complicated? Do You have problems with compilation? Or You are not comfortable with the GNU license? Any other reason? I only wanted to compare performance ( and see what good ideas you had ;-) ) but could not compile libego. Neither with Microsoft Visual

Re: [computer-go] Efficiently selecting a point to play in a random playout

2007-05-30 Thread Álvaro Begué
On 5/30/07, Jacques Basaldúa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lukasz Lew wrote: Is libego too complicated? Do You have problems with compilation? Or You are not comfortable with the GNU license? Any other reason? I only wanted to compare performance ( and see what good ideas you had ;-) ) but

[computer-go] analysis of UCT and BAST

2007-05-30 Thread Remi Munos
I have updated the BAST paper, providing additional comparison with UCT, as suggested by one person in the list. See: https://hal.inria.fr/inria-00150207 Basically, in the considered examples, BAST with an appropriate smoothness sequence performs always better than both UCT and Flat-UCB. Now,

Re: [computer-go] Efficiently selecting a point to play in a random playout

2007-05-30 Thread Berk Ozbozkurt
Álvaro Begué wrote: At least for Windows programmers, providing a solution that compiles with major IDEs would help. I assume what you do is standard in Linux, but the things the compiler did not understand neither did I, and I could not find the time for googleing. With 1.08 version of lego

Re: [computer-go] Efficiently selecting a point to play in a random playout

2007-05-30 Thread Álvaro Begué
On 5/30/07, Berk Ozbozkurt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Álvaro Begué wrote: At least for Windows programmers, providing a solution that compiles with major IDEs would help. I assume what you do is standard in Linux, but the things the compiler did not understand neither did I, and I could not

Re: [computer-go] analysis of UCT and BAST

2007-05-30 Thread Łukasz Lew
I'm not sure whether You have noticed, but my student made an empirical comparison between BAST, UCT and other formulas. It can be found here: http://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~fg219435/Go/ Best Regards, Lukasz Lew On 5/30/07, Remi Munos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have updated the BAST paper,

Re: [computer-go] analysis of UCT and BAST

2007-05-30 Thread Rémi Coulom
Łukasz Lew wrote: I'm not sure whether You have noticed, but my student made an empirical comparison between BAST, UCT and other formulas. It can be found here: http://students.mimuw.edu.pl/~fg219435/Go/ Best Regards, Lukasz Lew Hi Łukasz, You write that EGO_BAST seems to be a bit more