Re: [computer-go] Chess programs versus go programs

[David G Doshay <ddoshay@xxxxxxx>]

On 4, Dec 2004, at 2:45 AM, Heikki Levanto wrote:

> I don't know if anyone does this sort of multi-level search,
This is what SlugGo does. SlugGo uses GNU Go to do the local
search and for all move generation in the lookahead paths.
SlugGo orchestrates the multiple paths over a cluster of nodes
and does the evaluation and comparison of each independently
generated lookahead path.

> and what
> practical the practical limitations of such an approach.
Branching factor and number of cpu's.

> As with any
> search, it needs a decent evaluation function, but that is another
> problem...
It is the only real problem. It is the problem at every level of
the search.


Cheers,
David


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