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Scoring is trivial - if the game is actually finished. No human wants to play go games to the finish so essentially all human games are scored by agreement. But
by rockdoe 12y ago
Scoring is trivial - if the game is actually finished. No human wants to play go games to the finish so essentially all human games are scored by agreement. But a Monte Carlo program just simulates the game vs itself. See the addenum to my post above.
- howeman 12y agoI don't know what you mean by "the game is actually finished". AGA Rules: 9) Ending the Game: Two consecutive passes signal the end of the game. New Zealand rules: The game is finished when both players agree that there are no more worthwhile moves.
- rockdoe 12y agoThose rulesets weren't written by mathematicians. What do they say about life & death disputes while scoring "after the game has ended"? I'm going to guess: Resume the game. Humans agreeing on a score and outcome has little to do with what a program has to do to calculate this score.
- howeman 12y agoIt's complicated. Most rulesets (AGA, New Zealand, I believe chinese) say "resume the game". The Japanese ruleset is a lot more complicated. I still don't see your argument. Humans and humans are capable of agreeing on a score with those rulesets. Computers are also capable of following the ruleset and agreeing on the score. Computer vs. human games are not playing by a different ruleset. By that ruleset, the game is over when both sides pass.