Re: computer-go: Data Mining and Rulebase for GO

[Ray Tayek <rtayek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:26 PM 11/12/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> ...
> I am pretty sure there are 8 symmetries.
sure: r0,r1,r2,r3,h,v,d1,d2

>  But I do remember some one
> suggested 16 symmetries.
hmmm, what could the other 8 be like?

>  ... I am fighting to get my compute 4 times faster. 360 times faster is not
> a small number. It may take Intel 16 years to do it.
the programs will play faster, but not much better.

we are going to have to get very clever to make any progress with go. i 
suspect the programs will hit a brick wall around the 4 kyu level (on a 
19x19 board) in the sense that most 4 kyu's will easily learn to beat all 
the programs.


> ----- Original Message -----
> ...
> At 11:17 PM 11/11/2000 -0800, you wrote:
> >...
> >The purpose of finding the smallest large number for a board configuration
> >is to set a standard board representation,...
>
> sure, ...
> ...
> perhaps, but 360 is small increase. it probably won't make any difference.
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