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Subject: Re: Hashing and draw by repetition

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 08:47:16 08/27/99

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On August 26, 1999 at 10:28:59, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 26, 1999 at 03:23:43, Inmann Werner wrote:
>
>>Hello
>>
>>When I began to implement hashing, I tried to use all "tricks" to avoid draws
>>by repetition going into the hash tables, because I thought, this would be very
>>bad.
>>Yesterday I disabled this code and let also the draw by repetition evals into
>>the hash tables, and surprisingly, the program worked better (at the complete
>>LCTII Test)
>>
>>Do you also let "draw by repetition evals" into your hash tables?
>>
>>Werner
>
>
>There is one serious error associated with hashing:  lack of path information.

I don't have that problem. I have a list of parents in each hash node. However,
this has the detriment of forcing me to back scores up all parent paths and the
detriment of increasing the size of a hash node. You want to hear the music, you
have to pay the piper.

KarinsDad :)




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