Re: [computer-go] Statistical significance (was: SlugGo vs ManyFaces, newest data)

[Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxx>]

What if  black plays  on the center  intersection?  Probably  we would
simply forbid that  move for the sake of a few  opening moves and your
solution would work well for giving fair starting position that varied
significantly.

In practice I don't really care very much because the effect is small,
but I wanted to mention that it could be an issue.

- Don



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   Don,

   > The  problem with this  is that  it tends  to equalize  opponents.  If
   > version  B is  stronger than  version A,  giving them  random starting
   > positions  will tend  to  give a  little  advantage to  the version  A
   > because now  the version  A will tend  to get some  starting positions
   > that are  heavily in his favor.

   how about setting up symmetric random opening positions?  I.e., let Black
   play random moves, and White mirror them.

   - nic

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       Dr. Nicol N. Schraudolph                 http://n.schraudolph.org/
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       D-87527 Sonthofen, Germany



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