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Subject: Re: Formal Definition of a "Knowledge-Based" Program

Author: James Robertson

Date: 18:16:06 05/07/99

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On May 07, 1999 at 14:30:55, Greg Lazarou wrote:

>On May 06, 1999 at 21:36:32, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>Charles Williams has provided the definition of a knowledge based program:
>>
>>"One that can't make as many NPS as another program."
>>
>>
>>James
>
>How about "One that consistently comes up with just as good a move/evaluation by
>searching significantly fewer nodes"

Yeah, but then if you had two programs, one without alpha-beta and another with
alpha-beta, then the program with alpha-beta would be "knowledge-based", while
the program without would not. :)

James

>
>This definition (similar to James') is relative to something else, something
>less knowledge based...
>
>Greg



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