Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 11:30:46 10/21/99
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On October 21, 1999 at 12:09:18, Christophe Theron wrote: >On October 21, 1999 at 06:29:12, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On October 20, 1999 at 09:41:21, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>BTW: Tiger has NO agressive learning. It does not try to repeat won games. It >>>just try to avoid repeating losses. This game appears twice only by bad luck... >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>In auto-232 play, isn't this a mistake? >> >>Dave > >Why? Because I could get easily some extra points by beating non-learning >programs several times? No... because other programs will be attacking yours in that way, and if you're otherwise equally strong, you'll score less than 50%. Of course, if you can spend the time that you saved not working on book learning much to ensure the programs are not going to be "otherwise equal", that's fine too. :-) >I don't consider book learning to be very smart. So I have done the smallest >book learning I could. I don't want my program to be called stupid so I don't >repeat lost games. > >I think customers will appreciate this. Tiger assumes they are not stupid and >won't play a game they have lost already. So what's the point in trying to do >it? > >But Tiger knows customers are nasty sometimes and will certainly try to beat him >twice in the same way! :) > >BTW I think that in Auto232 the real mistake is to waste time trying to get >points unfairly by writting an agressive book learner. This time would be better >used in improving the engine. Quite possibly. > Christophe Dave
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