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Subject: Re: Alternatives to Alpha-Beta

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:51:34 07/01/98

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On July 01, 1998 at 13:42:27, Bruce Cleaver wrote:

>What do the gurus such as Dr.Bob, Don Dailey, and the rest think of alternative
>search methods such as 'Best Play for Imperfect Players' (each node contains not
>only a static eval but also an estimate of the node's future worth after it has
>been expanded, that estimate coming from built-in game playing experience) and
>B* Hitech?  I notice those two methods aren't exactly prominent in the winner's
>circle, but it could be they are too new, still have bugs but show promise, or
>simply are still under wraps....
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bruce

I am aware of them and have used such algorithms in non-chess searches, but
so far, nothing has displaced alpha/beta, with all the enhancements like
PVS or mtd(f) or whatever...

nothing says that they won't one day, just that they haven't yet...



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