[computer-go] The Problem With Random Playouts

Darren Cook darren at dcook.org
Thu Jul 26 05:24:38 PDT 2007


> "What I am calling random playouts for the purposes of this article
> give all legal moves equal weight and randomly chooses one of them,
> and this process is used for both players all the way to the end of
> the game."
> 
> I get the impression that this also includes filling single point
> eyes. Is this your intention?

No. I was just trying to differentiate from heavier playout schemes that
have a random element. I'll change that sentence to be more precise.

Thanks for the feedback,

Darren



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