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Subject: Re: What is the branching factor for this position?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 19:20:33 08/09/00

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On August 09, 2000 at 21:43:23, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>On August 09, 2000 at 20:21:29, leonid wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 2000 at 17:04:37, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>
>>>On August 09, 2000 at 15:59:24, leonid wrote:
>>>
>>>>>I don't recall Ed ever calling his search brute force.
>>>>>
>>>>>-Tom
>>
>>Went to see Rebel 10. Brute force is indicated there.
>
>Where? What does it say, exactly?
>
>Also, remember that when people say brute force, their programs still have
>extensions and quiescence searches.
>
>Brute force doesn't necessarily mean the fixed-depth searches that you do. In
>fact, it never does, because fixed-depth searches are weak.
>
>-Tom

I know that there is a parameter of selective search in Rebel-Century.
You can change this parameter to 0 and in this case Rebel will do no pruning.

I think that the meaning of brute force in Rebel10 is similiar(no pruning).

Uri



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