Author: ujecrh
Date: 09:05:21 04/27/00
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On April 26, 2000 at 20:52:45, Dann Corbit wrote: >On April 26, 2000 at 20:41:31, Flemming Rodler wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>I was just wondering how people determine if a new version of the program they >>are developing is better than the current. Are there other methods than just >>testing it against a whole bunch of other chess engines? > >That's the most important one, and (really) the only one you can trust [provided >that you include human opponents as well]. > >They also test with EPD test suites. Not reliable indicators of program play. > >Sometimes the programmer will have a pretty good idea that a change has helped >before testing. Improvement in one suite probably does not mean anything but if you test the program against a bunch of suites and it behaves better in almost all of them then I guess you can take it as a good sign that the engine is improved.
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