Re: [Bug-gnubg] The little engine that could... Neural

[Frank Berger]

Hi Philippe,

> use more and/or different inputs. In an old article in Inside Backgammon, 
> Brian Sheppard wrote "We figure a typical net has 400 inputs" but this 
> looks like a random guess. I think he is the author of a very strong 
> Scrabble program and was knowledgeable on games AI in general, but maybe 
> not specifically neural networks and backgammon.

IIRC Sheppard had a neural net for BG of it's own, given that this article 
shows so much knowledge this is plausible.
Unfortunately it was never published... *sigh* another bot that is not 
accessible as TD-Gammon or mloner.... :(

ciao
Frank