... OK, I have my data in front of me. From 131,000 Maven-Maven SOWPODS games, I have the top bingo is word #178: ETAERIO. Here are all of the bingos in the ...
sheppardco@...
Apr 2, 2002 3:16 am
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... Maven does something similar. I calibrated the length penalty (which is an array of 7 bonuses that apply to exchanges (set to zero by definition), and ...
sheppardco@...
Apr 2, 2002 3:28 am
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... Better get started, or they will change the dictionary before you finish. :-) Seriously: why is this better than generating the same results on the fly? It...
sheppardco@...
Apr 2, 2002 3:34 am
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... Inferences. If you know every rack that generates a given opening move, you know your opponent's possible leaves. Granted, this assumes your opponent ...
I said I believed the ultimate program should have an opening library. The use of the word ultimate was meant to imply that I did not believe it was the...
Steven Gordon
sagordon2@...
Apr 2, 2002 2:42 pm
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Some time ago I ran my program against itself for just over 2.4 million games. (2425227, to be exact.) Although I didn't make notes at the time about...
I don't think this is true. There are fewer options for your initial move and fewer options as you sim the followups, compared to the middlegame. I think the...
... This worries me. The games are much too long. Maven's games are over in 23.5 moves in TWL98. Faster under SOWPODS. Something is either wrong with how you...
sheppardco@...
Apr 3, 2002 3:23 am
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... Perhaps most valuable would be a list of words which never sim best as opening plays, or never sim within two points of best. If you see one and you're...
... This is entirely because of the lack of endgame. There's no endgame whatsoever, not even one like ACBot or PioBot play. Our program doesn't yet know when...
... You are correct that there are fewer options, but Steven is correct that the choices are closer. The first turn often offers choices such as COZ at 8f, 8g ...
sheppardco@...
Apr 3, 2002 3:30 am
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Oops, you were responding to Patrick, not Brian. Perhaps the same applies to him. Our average plays are even worse, over 26. John ... ADVERTISEMENT...
... Maven is probably much smarter in the endgame. I'm guessing this would at least reduce the number of turns one or two. I know that my game has nothing in...
I think Brian's comment (a.o.t. Brian's) about lexicons explains part of the difference: my tests used OSPD1 (94249 words), which I can easily imagine would...
... In regards to these two items above -- would I be wrong in thinking that a program that plays the absolute best game of Scrabble possible (IE: maximizes...
John Babina
john@...
Apr 3, 2002 4:57 am
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... Well, that depends. When I implemented Maven's endgame search engine I found that the games were *longer*. This maybe a surprise, but it is quite logical. ...
sheppardco@...
Apr 3, 2002 5:17 am
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I did something vaguely like this a long time ago, involving two different types of players: those who favour short words and those who favour long words. If...
... averages than less optimized games? It is possible for scores to be lower as the program gets better. It hasn't happened, AFAIK. ... It is how our current...
sheppardco@...
Apr 3, 2002 5:29 am
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... I think the general principle at work is that the "long" player simply gets to play more tiles than the "short" player when they play each other. Of...
From: "Patrick Niesink" <patrick.niesink@...> ... Standard play takes into account score + rack leave -- usually in the end game the rack leave...
John Babina
john@...
Apr 3, 2002 6:16 am
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There are three factors that affect the time needed to do a simulation: 1) The total number of plays in the position. As Brian points out, this is not a...
I have decided that the best route to a better job (for me right now) involves improving my Java skills and in particular doing this in a public way. So I am...
Hi all, I have AnagramGenius2000(8) which I found out about here. I love the program and am wondering how can I describe to my friends in simple language that...
In message <a981rh+ikah@eGroups.com>, heart_focus <heart_focus@...> writes ... It is just called Anagram Genius. I am its author. ... That's good...
William Tunstall-Pedoe
william@...
Apr 13, 2002 7:22 am
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I have to take exception with the idea that anagrams actually "mean" something. After all, my name anagrams to "Kinkiest in crap". 8*) Technically, I believe...
Hello William (nice to hear from you again!) and Patrick; thanks for ... just an illusion caused by the brain's ability to find conceptual links between things...
I forgot to say that I've gotten some friends interested in buying your program and they will probably say they heard about it on the linda-goodman.com site....
Hi Patrick, ... Because when a really good one comes up, you pay more attention to it.<< Then why, do the really good ones usually come up near the top of the ...
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