[computer-go] Useless moves in the endgame and slow move in beginning

[alain Baeckeroot]

Le mardi 9 janvier 2007 16:31, Benjamin Teuber a écrit :
> I just lost my first game against MoGo on KGS, 9x9, 0.5 komi, I was white.
> Impressing!
> But as a human, you don't like the useless endgame-moves MC-programs 
> play against you when they know they win anyways.
> In order to make these programs more attractive for humans, I would like 
> them to play the move winning by the biggest amount of points once 
> several moves have the same high winning probability at the endgame.
> What do you think about this?
> _______________________________________________

Also on 19x19 mogos plays also some very slow moves in the beginning of 
7 handicap game. 
I guess that using (average_score / standard_deviation_of_score) instead of
(winning_probability) should solve both problems at the same time.

If distribution is normal, then both criterion are equivalent, so there are
some chances that this will not weaken the bot :) Also on 19x19 having some
margin can be good , just in  case opponent knows some stuff the bot has
not seen.

Alain