Re: [gnugo-devel] reinstating value(100) owl defense moves?

[Arend Bayer]

Evan Daniel wrote:

> On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 00:00:34 +0200 (CEST), Arend Bayer wrote:
> 
> > Maybe you could try out how much your handful of patterns saves when
> > replaying "real life" games. Then we may have a guess how much saving
> > one could get with, say, some 50 patterns.
> 
> Over the complete regressions, my small handful of patterns (a few L
> group patterns + a few tripod group; neith is done) saved 0.2% owl
> nodes.  Not terribly impressive.  However, it did save a significant
> percentage on time -- over 10%.  I assume this is an artifact of
> something; maybe dfa related?  I haven't yet investigated it, though I
> should have time in the next day or so.

I strongly suspect that something went wrong with your timing tests. Was
your machine idle during both runs?

If it only saves the 0.2% then I have to admit I remain a little
skeptical. 1% of the owl nodes in the regressions come from ld_owl.tst,
so the nodes saved outside of that might be negligeable?

Arend