Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 09:00:26 01/01/99
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On December 31, 1998 at 19:47:37, greg moller wrote: >On December 31, 1998 at 14:02:13, Marc van Hal wrote: > >>I was forgotten to tell that the booklearning option starts to say that an >>intire opening is bad and didnt look at all subvariation first so it should only >>lock an subvariation and try an other line perhaps the mainline is not the best >>after all > > >Wouldn't it be great if somebody could post a definitive report on how book >learning is really supposed to work, and somehow compare a few programs' >learning features ? > >For example Mchess has both book learning and "regular" learning... now what's >the difference, and does it really work as it's supposed to ? And where exactly >does a program's learning aftereffect actually kick in, i.e. at which point do >you discard a branch? In fritz5 book learning seems to gradually eliminate a lot >of the early replies until you're left with one move ( let's say 1.c4) which >then gets played over an over, unless you reset, which does, to an extent, >defeat the purpose of any real learning. This seems very crude. Hopefully >someone can point to a more intelligent learning feature. I think it's a >fascinating subject. > > >regards, greg It seems from reading Marty's response to my original post that he has tried to make book learning more intelligent. But you are correct as to fritz's method yet all seem to do this when set to tournament book, at which point it is believed the openings chosen and moves played are the strongest.
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