Re: [computer-go] Perfect Scoring System?

[Nick Wedd <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <00a301c430b9$8e3382c0$0e4af6cb@risingsunb>, 
=?ks_c_5601-1987?B?udrH9rz2?= <hspark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> Hello,
>  
> I read a mail contents ,Nick Wedd written
>  
> "What do you mean by a "finished game"?  You might mean
>    one which the rules say is finished because both players have passed
>    one in which there is no move worth making, so a skilful player
> would
> pass
>
> Determining which stones are dead, for either definition of "finished
> game", can be very difficult.
>
> Given my second definition of "finished game", then there can't be any
> more territory to secure.  Calculating how much secured territory you
> have then got (given the status of all groups) looks possible, but I am
> not aware of any software which does it perfectly.  The closest I have
> seen is Yoshikawa's ScoreEst function, implemented on KGS."
>  
> I define nick wedd's definition too.
>  
> Is the KGS perfect?
No.

KGS has two scoring functions.  One is used to score completed games. 
The other, "ScoreEst", can be used by kibitzers during or after a game 
to get an estimate of the score.  It could work for any board size, but 
the implementers of KGS have disabled it except for 19x19 games.

Both can make errors.

> I wonder "perfect" scoring system.
>  
> And i don't know the most scoring system(or paper)?
>  
> Is there anyone who knows it ?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Hyun Soo Park.
Nick
--
Nick Wedd    nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
_______________________________________________
computer-go mailing list
computer-go@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go