Author: Charles Roberson
Date: 19:25:07 01/04/06
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On January 04, 2006 at 19:05:40, Dan Andersson wrote:
>http://www.cs.umd.edu/~nau/papers/pathology-aaai80.pdf
> It contains further references.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson
Yes. I read the paper just now. He clearly states that the game tree takes on
this as the PE increases its error rate!!!! Thus, this is exactly what I was
talking about.
However, he states in his conclusions that pathology doesn't seem to show up
in chess or checkers. However, he wrote the paper in 1979 when the search depth
of the period was very small compared to today!!!!! Thus, I suggest he revisit
the thought.
This also could explain why Marion Tinsley blew everybody and all computers
away at checkers and nobody understood why or how. Chinook became so good it
could beat all but Tinsley. Thus, Tinsley's understanding (PE) of the game was
far supperior. Thus, maybe, only in that context can this type of phenomena be
noticed -- your opponent must have a better understanding/PE than you do.
Thanks for the response and the reference!!!!
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