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Subject: Re: SSDF and the programmers............

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 15:01:26 03/18/98

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>Posted by Bruce Moreland on March 18, 1998 at 15:58:40:

>In Reply to: Re: SSDF and the programmers............ posted by Harald Faber
>on March 18, 1998 at 09:21:58:

>On March 18, 1998 at 09:21:58, Harald Faber wrote:

>>It can only work IF SSDF starts testing COMMERCIAL AVAILABLE PROGAMS,
>>meaning not only available but also bought!
>>So there can't be possible cheats or hidden autoplayers etc.
>>Only test what anybody can buy at the store or whereever.

>>THAT is fair.

>You can never have a "fair" list as long as the new version of program A
>(with learning or with a lot of human opening book intervention) has
>played 5,000 autoplayer games against the current version of program B
>(with or without learning) in the lab, and then programs A and B are
>played against each other by the SSDF people.

>The one who releases most recently has an advantage.

>Intensive training against specific opponents screws everything up.

Right.

Bruce, if the SSDF people ask you to test Ferret for the list would you
do it? I mean in principal?

- Ed -


>bruce



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