[computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread Harald Korneliussen
Ivan Dubois mentioned the bent four in the corner shape as a scalability killer, a situation where more playouts doesn't help (much), because playouts systematically misevaluate it. As I understand it, it could be corrected in the tree, but this is very unlikely to happen until the very end of a

Re: [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread Thomas Wolf
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, Harald Korneliussen wrote: It turns out it's not the bent four shape, but I suspect it's another such shape, where more playouts only confirm that these moves aren't worth including into the tree, so that UCT catches them very late, if ever. Just a quick note that an

Re: [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread terry mcintyre
From: Harald Korneliussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] I recalled a KGS game of Mogo I'd looked at, where something very similar happened, and with a little digging I found it again: http://files.gokgs.com/games/2007/12/1/Ardalan-MoGoBot3.sgf Thanks for the example! That's the infamous square four -

Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread ivan dubois
- Message d'origine De : Harald Korneliussen [EMAIL PROTECTED] À : computer-go@computer-go.org Envoyé le : Mercredi, 23 Janvier 2008, 15h31mn 20s Objet : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies Ivan Dubois mentioned the bent four in the corner shape

Re: Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread terry mcintyre
players. Terry McIntyre [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message From: ivan dubois [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 7:17:17 AM Subject: Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies Hello

Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread ivan dubois
[EMAIL PROTECTED] À : computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Envoyé le : Mercredi, 23 Janvier 2008, 16h24mn 53s Objet : Re: Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies Feed any MC-UCT program the position after White B1, at move 195, and ask

Re: Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread steve uurtamo
: [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies Hello, I agree that the current implementation of Mogo (from what I know about it) will not know for sure that the D17 black group is 100% dead. It will think that it is X% dead and stick to that estimation

Re : Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread ivan dubois
-go@computer-go.org Envoyé le : Mercredi, 23 Janvier 2008, 17h22mn 35s Objet : Re: Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies it will only assign it a positive probability of being dead if there are playouts where the group dies, right? s

Re: Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread terry mcintyre
, January 23, 2008 7:51:52 AM Subject: Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies Hello, I agree that the current implementation of Mogo (from what I know about it) will not know for sure that the D17 black group is 100% dead. It will think

Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread ivan dubois
point of view. Ivan - Message d'origine De : Michael Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] À : computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Envoyé le : Mercredi, 23 Janvier 2008, 20h38mn 32s Objet : Re: Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies ivan

Re: Re : Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread Michael Williams
ivan dubois wrote: Hello, - Message d'origine De : Michael Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] À : computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Envoyé le : Mercredi, 23 Janvier 2008, 20h38mn 32s Objet : Re: Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

Re: Re : Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread steve uurtamo
, January 23, 2008 11:45:01 AM Subject: Re : Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies Hi, This is correct. Do you think there will be no playouts where the group dies ? I think there will be around 50% where the group dies. If you think

Re : [computer-go] Bent four in the corner was:Scalability problem of play-out policies

2008-01-23 Thread ivan dubois
I gave you a proof of what I am claiming, I really dont see what I can do more. Anyway we all now all this is just a waste of time for pleasure. People who are really working on a UCT engine (I dont anymore) will find solutions to these problems as soon as they become relevant to playing