[Computer-go] CFP: The Fourth International Conference on E-Learning (ICEL2013), Czech Republic

2013-03-26 Thread The Fourth International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL2013)
The Fourth International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL2013) VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic July 8-10, 2013 http://sdiwc.net/conferences/2013/icel2013/ CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS -- Deadline: May 10, 2013 Members are invited to offer papers for the

Re: [Computer-go] CLOP: Confident Local Optimization for Noisy Black-Box Parameter Tuning

2013-03-26 Thread RĂ©mi Coulom
That is difficult. Usually the central win rate is optimistic, and the win rate over all games is pessimistic. So those numbers should give you an idea of the range of the win rate you can expect with current estimated optimal parameters. But it might be possible to have narrower estimates.

Re: [Computer-go] A Regression test set for exploring some limitations of current MCTS programs in Go

2013-03-26 Thread Hiroshi Yamashita
Hi Aja, Thanks for posting this result. It seems seki is easy for MC. But semeai and Life and Death are big problem. Almost all programs don't understand except Zen. Zen's result is awesome. I think it is a reason Zen is 5d or 6d and others are 2d or 3d. About test, this post is helpful. A

Re: [Computer-go] A Regression test set for exploring some limitations of current MCTS programs in Go

2013-03-26 Thread Aja Huang
2013/3/26 Hiroshi Yamashita y...@bd.mbn.or.jp My anti-semeai version Aya gets Aya 7/15 46% (anti-semeai) Aya 1/15 6% (normal) But I could not get good result on KGS and selfplay from anti-semeai. Its strength is almost same. Maybe side-effects? One possibility might

Re: [Computer-go] A Regression test set for exploring some limitations of current MCTS programs in Go

2013-03-26 Thread Aja Huang
The attached example shows that a *good rule* might break the balance of playouts and produce a worse evaluation. Suppose in the playout we add a new rule to forbid B's D1 self-atari. This rule makes sense since D1 is a completely meaningless suicide in terms of Go knowledge. But, in fact, this