Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 11:45:58 11/26/02
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On November 26, 2002 at 13:57:55, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 26, 2002 at 12:18:10, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>On November 26, 2002 at 07:09:07, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On November 25, 2002 at 22:32:28, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>> >>>>>No. Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned it - it's not really fair >>>>>to Omir as he does publish his stuff. >>>> >>>>In that case, I'll take it as a courtesy if you don't criticize any work I >>>>happen to publish because it uses node counts instead of wall clock timings. >>> >>>I don't think it's fair to say 'what you published is crap, I have >>>something much better but I'm not telling you what and I'm not going >>>to publish it or post test results from it'. >>> >>>I think it's fair to say 'what you published is crap because you did >>>not test it correctly and you compared only to inferior methods whereas >>>better methods were already known and published' >>> >>>I don't think it's fair to criticise Omir because his scheme does >>>not work in my engine. I think it's fair to criticise him because >>>he did not include Heinz scheme in his tests. >>> >> >>What do you mean by "he did not include Heinz scheme in his tests"? >> >>Omid (not Omir!) > >He probably means adaptive R in null-move. > Yes, and I replied at http://talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?267536 > >> >> >>>Even though he did not test nodes or time to solution and I think >>>it's necessary to do so, I'm not going to criticise him for not doing >>>so, although I'll explain why I think it's needed. Omir is young and >>>to get published it is easier to do as has been done before you because >>>it will get you accepted more easily. >>> >>>But please consider that many breakthroughs were made because people >>>_didn't_ do that. >>> >>>I'll applaud the first one to publish an academic paper to use >>>nodes (if NPS is proven to be unaffected by the change) or time to >>>solution as the primary measure in the test results. >>> >>>If that's you, then, well >>> >>>*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* >>> >>>-- >>>GCP
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