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Subject: Re: question about the book and learning algorithm of different programs

Author: William Bryant

Date: 18:57:23 05/08/04

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On May 08, 2004 at 20:49:21, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On May 08, 2004 at 17:54:50, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>I would like to read some descreption of the book algorithm of different free
>>programs.
>>
>>I am still thinking about the book structure of movei
>>I do not like the solution of Crafty of making all the possible moves and trying
>>to find if one of them lead to a book position.
>>
>>I think that a better solution may be to have some books:
>>
>>book A will include mainly position move information(I think that the decision
>>should be also based on the time control)
>>
>>book B will include mainly position that the program likes and scores for them
>>and may be updated after every game.
>>
>>book C will include positions and their parents and after updating book B may be
>>used to check which positions should be updated in book A.
>>
>>I also think about the learning problem and a possible problem is that a move
>>may be bad for a program at blitz but good for it at longer time control so I am
>>interested to know what programs with learning function do in order not to learn
>>misleading information based on blitz games about longer time control.
>
>Go to my web site and look at the book learning paper.  It gives lots of ideas
>about various problems and solutions...
>
>>
>>
>>I will probably add no additional learning in the first version that includes
>>book that know about tranpositions and I will only add book in position move
>>format but I would like to know what is the decision that other amateurs do
>>about book and learning.
>>
>>Uri

Bob,

Sorry to be difficult,  but unless I am looking in the wrong place, I can't find
this or
your paper on bitboards.

Are they folded into the crafty.pdf?

William




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