Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 13:19:11 04/28/05
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On April 28, 2005 at 15:37:50, Dann Corbit wrote: >On April 28, 2005 at 15:15:37, Kevin K wrote: > >>PVS and MDF also use minimax. Am I wrong? > >Sort of. The algorithm is not the same as minimax. The idea is similar in that >you assume that the descendents will do their worst against you at every ply. >But alpha-beta assumes that as soon as you see a "clobbering" move you don't >have to keep looking as long as it is already better than the best/worst. > >>My question is is there any program which doesn't TOTALLY use minimax? > >Sure. They all get clobbered and the "smart search of best moves only" idea >failed long ago. Dann, What's the "smart search of best moves only" idea ? Roger
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