Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 06:33:13 07/27/04
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On July 27, 2004 at 03:18:50, Sune Fischer wrote: >On July 25, 2004 at 22:01:31, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>Bad idea. Start the next iteration even if you don't think you will have time >>to finish it. You might fail low. Wouldn't that be nice to know? :) > >This may or may not be a good idea. > >I think if it is a good idea, then you should always try and search the next >iteration for a short time to see if you get a quick fail-low. > >On the other hand, if it is a bad idea it is better to save the time that will >probably be wasted anyway. > >From what I can tell you propose to do a mixture, i.e. to use extra time if the >time manager tells you to? > >I really doubt this is the best way, because it will be extremely random when >you get to begin the next ply. > >-S. It seems you have 3 options here: Optimism: Hope that a move you haven't searched yet will fail high; terminate after searching all moves. Pessimism: Make sure that the move you want to play won't fail low: terminate after searching the first move. Don't Care: Just exit whenever time runs out ;) anthony
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