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Subject: Re: DB just another program

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 17:15:05 01/26/00

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On January 26, 2000 at 20:08:04, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On January 26, 2000 at 19:59:43, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>[snip]
>>>>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.

Ha.  You're the CAP coordinator, you should know! :-)

I suppose you haven't been keeping track of who's using what software, what
version, what hardware?

Dave



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