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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