Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:57:58 10/18/97
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On October 18, 1997 at 23:47:24, Willie Wood wrote: >All, > >I've noticed that some programs (incl mine) show a pv score oscillation >as the ply increase. I would guess this to be a natural behavior, since >it seems logical and I can understand why it happens. But, then again, >it seems most good progams have a stable pv. So I'm wondering, is a >stable pv the result of better ordering or some other method? > >Will there are at least two things you can do: 1. add some wtm (or btm) bonus, so that if one side gets 5 moves in a PV, but the other side only gets 4, that side gets the "on move" bonus. This will eliminate some of the oscillation, but not all, because the bonus has to offset whatever the side will really get the next ply when it makes a move. 2. selective programs can bias the selectivity to try for an even number of moves in the PV, or an odd number if you like the extra aggressiveness this gives. I do neither. I suspect this is why Crafty responded so very poorly to the MTD(f) algorithm...
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