Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 00:25:57 05/05/00
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On May 04, 2000 at 19:05:20, Lance Nine wrote: >how do i calculate the nodes per second my program checks when i use the >alfa-beta algorithm? do i count the nodes it does not look at due to cutoffs? > >if i don't, the speed in nodes per second will be the same for negamax and >alfa-beta, right? > >the speed of my program is rather disappointing otherwise... NPS is almost useless, I think. Consider the NPS figure for Diep verses the NPS figure for Little Goliath Gold. The programs are fairly similar in ability and one will be "a thousand times faster" than the other. Plies per minute is a more useful figure, but everyone defines plies differently also. The proof of the pudding is in the eating. How does your program fare against other programs or humans? That's what counts.
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