Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 06:54:34 08/26/01
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HI, yes, this is very interesting. What I did once was add an html output function that can create a html file for every node , display a board of the current position and some info like alphabeta values, NullValues , evaluation at that node etc. In addition it linked to every child node's html file. So I am able to "browse" through a tree. The one big drawback is that I have to limit it to the first 4 ply or so else it fills up my hard disk :). So a viewer that can compress this data or better yet interface with the engine to "unfold" specific subtrees on demand would be extremely helpfull. Georg On August 26, 2001 at 09:02:39, Rémi Coulom wrote: >Take a look at: >http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemaps/ > >I used this technique once to write a piece of software for the visualization of >disk usage of a large file system. I have thought for a long time that it would >be nice to use it to navigate the huge search trees generated by my chess >program. I have just exported a search tree to the software I had written for >the visualization of file system hierarchies, and it really looks great. I feel >like the first time I used a profiler to optimize a program. > >Unfortunately, I can not distribute this software I wrote (it belongs to my >former employer). I think I will make a new chess-specific one, anyway, and >distribute it as freeware. If you want to have a feel of it, though, you can >download this program: >http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/treemaps/treemap97.shtml >Some very nice java demos are also available there: >http://www.columbia.edu/~mmw111/treemap/ >I am really enthusiastic about this technique. I have tons of ideas for search >tree visualization. In particular I think it can be a great tool to analyze the >difference between two search trees, with different selectivity or move ordering >heuristics, or even between two different programs. > >I will keep you informed of my progress with this idea. > >Rémi
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