Re: Topics on influence

[Stuart Cracraft <cracraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Okay, let's say there is a corner like this:


    . . . . . . 
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    O O X X O .
    . X O O O . 
    . X X . . . 

What would a common influence function calculate for the
above (per square)?

I am interested particularly in the influence function that
calculates the likelihood of a particular stone surviving.

--Stuart

At 09:45 PM 3/29/99 -0800, you wrote:
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>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.
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>David
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>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.
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>>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?
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>>Darren
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