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Subject: Re: Search algorithms and effeciency

Author: James Swafford

Date: 18:28:34 05/30/01

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On May 30, 2001 at 17:10:25, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On May 30, 2001 at 16:04:18, James Swafford wrote:
>
>>On May 30, 2001 at 11:21:41, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>
>>>Good examples of successive algorithms are on the one hand
>>>  - MTD, if a program has a very conservative evaluation function
>>>         and a pawn is worth not so much
>>
>>What makes you say that?  The evaluation needs some consistency,
>>avoiding wild fluctuations, but what's with the "pawn is worth not
>>so much" comment?
>
>pawn in diep is 1000.

Ahh.. you are referring to the physical number assigned, not it's
worth relative to other terms.  Now I see your point.


>
>imagine the number of extra researches i need!
>
>>--
>>James
>>
>>
>>>
>>>  - PVS (sometimes also used in combination with a root window)
>>>
>>>Very popular nowadays is nullmove using R=3 and near the leaves R=2,
>>>whereas in past R=2 was very popular.
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>>Vincent



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