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Subject: Re: How many programs make use of more than one evaluation function?

Author: Colin Frayn

Date: 03:20:05 05/24/02

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On May 24, 2002 at 03:09:21, Russell Reagan wrote:

>The topic pretty much says it. How many programs make use of more than one
>evaluation function? Is it more common to have more than one or not? What about
>if you sampled the top commercial programs? Would you find them using more than
>one?

ColChess used about half a dozen, mainly specialised towards certain endgame
situations, i.e. kings and pawns, or kings and pawns and bishops etc...  Beowulf
has one, but it splits up so that it uses different algorithms in the middle
game and endgame.

Cheers,
Col



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