Re: [gnugo-devel] How to change the influence function?

[Darren Cook]

Hi,
I'll just answer the non-gnugo-specific question :-).

> I believe it can be said the new influence function is better if the
> new GNU Go wins more games, in average, than the old one. 

Yes.

> In other words, this new influence
> function should be compared from self-play (old influence function
> vs. new influence fn). Does this sound reasonable?

No, tuning against just one opponent is risky.
Instead set up a tournament of 3-4 programs with different styles. (Or
the simpler way to do that is to put it on cgos:
http://senseis.xmp.net/?ComputerGoServer )

Darren


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