Re: Topics on influence

[David Fotland <fotland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I just use it tell if groups are surrounded, and to estimate
the territory count and thickness.  I don't make high level
plans.  Just take it one move at a time.

David


At 12:34 PM 3/30/99, Darren Cook wrote:
>>I like best the idea that the influnce of each color measures the
>>probability that a stone of that color can be placed there and live.
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>This is a nice complement to the idea that territory is a point where a
>stone of the opposite colour will be dead.
>
>Once you've found influence what do you do with it? A human might use it to
>construct high level plans, but are computer programs really upto that kind
>of thing?
>
>Darren
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