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Subject: Re: Quantifying the benefits of fractional extensions

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:19:19 01/13/01

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On January 13, 2001 at 17:13:13, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I just added code to my program to handle fractional extensions
>and recapture extensions.
>
>My problem now is: how do I test & tune these? I did what I
>normally do and ran it through WAC. It did worse. Probably not
>so surprising as they are nearly all rather simple tactical
>positions, so extending more (on checks...not so much on
>recaptures) is nearly always a win.
>
>Does anybody here have a testcase? Maybe a set of positions
>where it _really_ matters how you do your extensions?
>
>If you added frac. extensions you your program, what made you
>decide to do so?
>
>--
>GCP


Do as I did.  Make the extension amount something you can set via command.
Then run a potload of tests.  I ran WAC with all the extensions set to
values between .5 and 1.0, in increments of .25.  That is 3 cases for
each extension and I varied 4 different extensions.  81 tests and you then
look at which ones needed the fewest total nodes to solve _all_ the test
positions...




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