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Subject: Re: Algorithms matter more...?

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 16:28:11 05/11/02

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On May 11, 2002 at 19:06:17, Russell Reagan wrote:

>What is the method for calculating the branching factor? I'm not sure if this
>would work, but could you subtract the number of beta cutoffs from the number of
>legal moves to get the branching factor for that node?
>
>Russell

Branching Factor is the time for the N+1 iteration divided by the time for the N
iteration.  In Crafty, it is usually between 2 and 3.  Hsu stated Deep Blue II
had an E.B.F. of about 6 in typical middle games.



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