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Subject: Re: Branching factor...

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 01:43:03 03/26/04

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On March 25, 2004 at 20:40:47, Bert van den Bosch wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Just a small question from this newly started chess programmer. I use iterative
>deepening, when the maxdepth is uneven (1, 3, ...) I tend to have satisfying
>branching factors (between 3 and 6), but in the even iterations it often goes
>above 10. Does anyone know if this is some kind of bug, or is it something that
>comes somehow naturally from the proces.

This is normal. Extensions ( and pruning ) bring the 2 closer to eachother
because the maxdepth is "less always even or always odd"

Tony

>
>greetings Bert



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