Re: computer-go: Computer Go Tournament Program

[Robert Jasiek <jasiek@xxxxxxxx>]

Don Dailey wrote:
>    How not to give any score?
> I  don't understand  your question.   When   you pass,  you  give your
> opinion  of what the final score  will be, or   you choose not to give
> this opinion.

Exactly. Does the program state "I, ahem, do >eh> choose not to
give my opinion!"? How is the program required to state this?

> John Tromp suggests    the semantical simplification  of   viewing all
> passes as coming with a default score  whether the passer provides one
> or not. 

So we have
- pass
- default score
- score optionally stated by black program
- ...by white
- optional non-score opinion

Which entity states what how for which reasons?
No, I don't want to make it more complex, I want to have it
so simple that even I understand it:)

> You don't interpret scores at all.   The players can  agree on a wrong
> score if they want to.

Who can interpret and what are the consequences?
The programs
The programmers
The referee
The public

> If they don't agree, you use Tromp/Taylor territory calculations which
> can  be  easily calculated  without error  by  the human   or computer
> arbiter.

"or"? IMO, there should be only one of them or a defined
hierarchy.

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robert jasiek