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Subject: Re: DB just another program

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 17:08:04 01/26/00

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On January 26, 2000 at 19:59:43, Dave Gomboc wrote:
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>>>Got an article that shows that the Elo curve flattens out with increased depth?
>>
>>Darn.  I knew someone would ask that!  I just read it somewhere, but I will have
>>to go and look for it now.
>>:-(
>
>While you're looking, beware of theoretical arguments that don't have the same
>conditions as the actual topic at hand.  Every time someone attempts to support
>this argument using Nau, 1983(?) I shake my head.

I got an email back from Nau.  He said (among other things): "I doubt that the
work is relevant for chess-playing in any practical sense. I've only seen one
pathological game that people might actually sit down and play, namely Pearl's
game as described in my 1982 AIJ paper."

>IMO, in this domain, experimental results are of more value.

That's a good idea.  Do we have a single program for which we have accurate data
for at least 4 different CPU speeds?  By accurate data, I mean a huge number of
games under controlled conditions.  By single program, I mean a single version
of a single program.



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