Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 17:02:08 12/18/02
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On December 18, 2002 at 19:51:11, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On December 18, 2002 at 18:56:21, Omid David Tabibi wrote: > >>Apparently we are not looking at the data from the same perspective. As I told >>you before, I conducted self-play matches, and their results showed that std R=2 >>is superior to std R=3. Although I still think that this finding is not worth >>publishing, as it is an already known fact. >> >>I understand your criticism of the fixed depth method, which is the standard >>scientific comparison in computer chess. But I'm afraid your case against fixed >>depth is not strong enough to convince the whole computer chess research >>community to opt for fixed time comparisons instead. >> >>Mentioning some fixed time experiments in a footnote or appendix could have been >>interesting; but even without them, my experiments took more than 6 months >>24h/d, 7d/w. >> >>If you have a specific experiment in mind, I would be glad to conduct whenever I >>get the time, but besides that, I would like the implemented algorithm in your >>program to speak for its own. >> >>In our discussion today, I didn't get into details and kept my replies short, >>because none of your points were new, and I have already discussed all these in >>detail a few weeks ago. I'm sure anyone who followed those discussions could >>have answered all your questions. >> >>Based on the programmers' feedbacks I additionally posted several implementation >>suggestions for the various variants of this algorithm, which I'm sure you'll >>find helpful. >> >>Now you will have to excuse me for not being able to continue the discussion, >>for I am up to my ears busy working on another paper (on Blockage Detection) >>which I hope to be ready soon. > >This should not be used as a model response to criticism. > Your criticism is welcomed after you read the thorough discussions already conducted on your very raised issues. I am not interested in merely repeating what has already been said just recently, and I don't think the forum is interested either. If you have new points, they are most welcomed. >bruce
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