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Subject: Re: How is Hydra faster and better than Deep Blue?

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 06:46:53 05/31/05

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On May 31, 2005 at 01:21:54, Eugene Nalimov wrote:

>>By this redefinition of EBF, I don't immediately see how any technique *can*
>>have any effect on the EBF.
>
>Any technique that changes shape of the tree can easily cause change of the >EBF.

Did you actually read the thread? He seems to be talking about some "other kind
of EBF" where that does not happen. I can't explain it in any other way.

>And now think about SE in particular. Without SE you can stop searching the node
>the moment you have cutoff. With SE you should search further, thus increasing
>EBF. [Of course you are searching extra subtrees, and those subtrees should
>affect EBF, too, though I don't know what way].

Which is exactly what I and Robert have been saying...

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GCP



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