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Subject: Re: The reason why, beyond a point, deep searching doesn't pay off.

Author: Jay Scott

Date: 12:58:34 05/14/99

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On May 14, 1999 at 15:40:52, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:

>I'm no mathematician but when you have a decision tree with many outcomes and
>you choose a particular path then the outcome is always contingent on unexpected
>events.

The point beyond which deeper search is guaranteed not to pay off is
when the position is solved--when all the events have been checked, so
none of them can be unexpected.

We aren't in danger of getting there any time soon. :-)

  Jay



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