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Subject: Re: What about evaluation, Ed?

Author: Omid David Tabibi

Date: 16:30:48 01/04/03

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On January 04, 2003 at 19:25:28, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On January 04, 2003 at 19:21:31, Omid David Tabibi wrote:
>
>>For each new idea, there are many potential improvements. If Ed has contributed
>>10 new ideas, now there are tens of potential improvements...
>
>Refinements, not new ideas.

Looking from that perspective, have there been any new ideas ever?! For example,
MTD(f) is a refinement of NegaScout which is a refinement of PVS which is a
refinement of AlphaBeta which is a refinement of MinMax which is a refinement
of....

All refinements, no new ideas!


>
>The refinement part is also the boring part ;)
>
>-S.



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