Re: [computer-go] Minimax with random evaluations

[Russell Wallace <russell.wallace@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:19:50 -0500, Don Dailey <drd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Evaluation function is:   #define EVAL (8192 - (rand() & 0x3fff))
> I'm not sure it matters and could just as easily have used rand()

I don't understand this - what benefit would minimax search give if
the evaluation function is random? How is the result different from
just making a random move?

(Maybe I'm missing something obvious, in which case enlightenment
would be appreciated :))

- Russell
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