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Subject: Re: Solutions in test suites-which one?

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 12:48:23 08/19/98

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On August 17, 1998 at 05:57:40, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 16, 1998 at 22:10:58, mike cooter wrote:
>
>>If I am running a test suite like LC2 or Bs2830, and am in infinite mode, when
>>do I know to use a solution time. If an answer is Nxh6, and my program picks
>>Nxh6 in :30 secs then at 3:47 it changes times, but still says Nxh6 and then at
>>9:48 it says Nxh6 which time do I use? It picked it at :30, and didnt change, so
>>do I use that, or the last time of 9:48? The key moved was picked so which time
>>do I select?
>
>
>you should always use the shortest time to a key move, *after* the program
>finds that move and does not change its mind.  IE if you find re1+ at 1
>second, change to Nf3 at 3 seconds, back to re1 at 30 seconds and you don't
>change again, the right time is 30 seconds...

How do you know that the program is not going to change its mind anymore?
I mean, as it changes from a bad move to the key one; it may later change back
to a bad move.
Is there a uniform criterion to think that the program is not going to change
the best move it has alredy found?



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