Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 08:21:25 09/21/98
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On September 21, 1998 at 02:15:21, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On September 21, 1998 at 02:12:06, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On September 20, 1998 at 18:52:03, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>> >>>On September 20, 1998 at 17:57:30, John Coffey wrote: >>> >>>>More importantly: Null-move is a new concept to me. What is the idea >>>>behind it? >>> >>>It is a domain-independent forward-pruning technique. >> >>That's what I said during my B.Sc. project defense, but Tony Marsland called me >>on it. :-) He pointed out that it isn't domain-independent because even within >>the context of two-player zero-sum games, it's possible that the rules of the >>game could allow a "pass". Scrabble would be an example of this (change zero >>tiles). >> >>Dave Gomboc > >It occurs to me now that perhaps that is not the best example. I am too tired >to think of a good one. I'll bet you can do better. :) > >Dave Gomboc I think Go is a good example, as passing is always a legal move.
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