RE: [computer-go] Passing and RAVE/AMAF

2009-07-01 Thread David Fotland
I use Many Faces' knowledge. If the Many Faces engine says the game is in endgame and there are no dame left, then pass is enabled in that node of the UCT search. The game is in endgame if enough moves have been played, and all groups are settled (either alive or dead). The question is, what

Re: [computer-go] Passing and RAVE/AMAF

2009-06-30 Thread Peter Drake
Yup, I can verify that my half-baked plan didn't work. If you use most wins to choose moves during playouts, once you have a win, you will never change your mind, because each playout will either increment that move (and maybe some others) or increment nothing (because it's a losing