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Subject: Re: MTD(f) and storing the PV

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 02:42:11 07/29/03

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On July 29, 2003 at 05:38:20, Tord Romstad wrote:

>I am currently experimenting with MTD(f).  There are still a few bugs left
>to fix, but it mostly seems to be working OK now.  However, there is one thing
>I haven't been able to figure out:
>
>Is there an easy way to store the PV in MTD(f)?  Currently I just construct a PV
>from the hash table after each iteration.  This works, but is somewhat messy and
>inconvenient.  Is there a better way to do it?
>
>Tord

Hi Tord,

I do as you do, and extract the PV from the hash table. Some time ago, a guy
called Fabien Letouzey appeared here with an alternative suggestion:

http://fortuna.iasi.rdsnet.ro/ccc/ccc.php?expr=&subject=&author=letouzey&email=&nr=50

I've never tried it.

Andrew



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