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Subject: Re: Features: Return vs. Effort (new revised table)

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:16:37 07/06/04

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On July 06, 2004 at 14:09:39, Stuart Cracraft wrote:

>Okay here's a new table with revisions based
>on input. Now, higher effort and return numbers
>mean more effort and return. And gone is the
>value number replaced with Russell's return/effort
>ratio. Have revised some numbers to try to fit in
>with some opinions.
>
>The higher the third column the more that feature
>gives in program performance for less work expended.
>
>EFFORT   RETURN    RETURN/EFFORT     Feature
>1          5         5               capture ordering
>3          4         1.33            null move
>4          4         1               null move with verification
>4          4         1               search pv first
>4          5         1.25            static exchange evaluator

This can make a big difference.  IE once you have a SEE procedure working, you
can use it to reduce the size of the q-search by over 50%, doubling your search
speed instantly.  At very low risk.



>4          5         1.25            transposition table
>4          5         1.25            transposition table with 2-tier replacement
>3          3         1               history heuristic, killers, other ordering
>2          1         .5              aspiration
>2          2         1               iterative deepening
>2          2         1               pawn hashing w/ complex pawn evaluation
>3          2         .66             capture extension
>1          5         5               check extension
>1          1         1               pawn to 6th/7th extension
>3          3         1               futility
>3          2         .66             razoring
>5          3         .6              mate-at-a-glance



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