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Subject: Re: Programmers: automatically tuning your evaluation function

Author: Jon Dart

Date: 13:08:30 11/12/03

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Look at KnightCap (http://samba.org/KnightCap/). Source is available. There is
also a paper describing its learning algorithm
(http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/6262.html).

--Jon

On November 12, 2003 at 00:11:16, Joel wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>
>By automatically tuning the evaluation function, I mean two things:
>1. adjusting the scores given to particular evaluation features (eg rook on open
>file)
>2. modifying the list of evaluation features (by creating new/removing old
>features)
>in an entirely automatic process.
>
>Just wondering who actually does this? Any authors of strong (anyone amonst the
>top 20 or so amateur engines, plus the commercials) engines?
>
>Joel

• Re: Programmers: automatically tuning your evaluation function Joel 17:38:38 11/12/03
  • Re: Programmers: automatically tuning your evaluation function Keith Evans 21:31:31 11/12/03

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