Author: Milton Zucker
Date: 09:35:57 04/15/99
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On April 15, 1999 at 09:45:53, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On April 15, 1999 at 09:34:12, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On April 15, 1999 at 09:27:03, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>>What is "knowledge based" ? >>> >>>bruce >> >>Good remark, Bruce. Here is another one that has no idea of what he is talking >>about. > >It's an interesting term and I'd like to explore its meaning. I am not trying >to blast anyone. > >The programs that have this term applied to them are either extremely weak >ancient research programs, or very strong commercial programs that nobody knows >anything about. > >bruce I will propose a naive definition of a "knowledge-based" chess program, which I invite others to knock down. If two programs A and B have the same rating, the slower program that searches less ply per unit of time is the more "knowledge based" in the sense that it plays at the same strength as the faster program without seeing the longer term tactical consequences of its move. Presumably its decisions are based on more positional knowledge and less on tactical consequences. ...Milton...
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