Author: blass uri
Date: 21:39:45 07/19/99
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On July 19, 1999 at 14:16:51, Ed Schröder wrote: how the heck is Ed is going to be able to >>>decide which set of adjusted settings are the best? :-) >> >>He is not going to know it. >> >>programs use many numbers in the evaluation function and it is practically >>impossible to know the right numbers(for example we cannot know which value >>out of many numbers like 3,3.01,3.02 or 2.99 is the best value for a knight). >> >>remember that the problem is not to get the right value of one number but >>to get the right value of hundreds or thousands numbers. > >This is way too pessimistic. Tuning the engine might be the most >difficult part of the job but with common sense and good test- >positions you come very close to the best settings. > >Next, by just playing a lot of games with a narrow (pre-defined) book >it is possible to check if a given parameter is wrong or right. I agree it is possible to come closer to the best setting but the question was not how to come closer to the best setting but: how the heck is Ed is going to be able to decide which set of adjusted settings are the best? :-) Uri
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