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Subject: Re: Which Algorithm is considered the best ?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:47:01 08/09/00

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On August 09, 2000 at 14:10:29, J. Wesley Cleveland wrote:

>On August 09, 2000 at 12:10:15, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>[snip]
>>mtd(f) with no hashing really does suck.
>
>Does this also imply that if the number of nodes searched is much larger than
>the size of the hash table, mtd(f)'s performance is worse than other alpha-beta
>searches ?


Yes.  You _really_ need the hash table, otherwise all those re-searches will
blow the tree size out of the water.



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