Hello, I just stumbled across MCTS. I have a simple question. How do you check whether MCTS really works?
I haven't found anything about that yet. Are there special tests that can provide information about this?
How to test if MCTS is working?
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Re: How to test if MCTS is working?
Hello. I hear you. I can give you instructions on how to proceed
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Re: How to test if MCTS is working?
Hello my friend, please tell me what you can say about it. I am very interested because I have not found anything about it.Christopher Martin wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 8:17 pm Hello. I hear you. I can give you instructions on how to proceed
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Re: How to test if MCTS is working?
joker, you
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Re: How to test if MCTS is working?
Checking the Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) in a chess program can be an interesting task. Here are some approaches to test whether MCTS is working properly: Comparison with other engines: Compare the MCTS engine's ratings and moves with other strong chess engines like Stockfish or Komodo. If the engines agree at great depths, that's a good sign. Otherwise, play the displayed variations back and forth and see if the engine ratings converge. If not, either go deeper or decide based on your own chess understanding that the engine is wrong.
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Re: How to test if MCTS is working?
Well firstly what do you mean by “works”?
I’m going to take Pure MCTS = The Wikipedia definition of MCTS + UCT.
Pure MCTS should be able to resolve (very) simple tactics if given enough time. It is hard to overstate how terrible pure MCTS is relative to your bog-standard minimax engine.
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This is the emptiest statement ever made. You can't give an answer to a question like that. What exactly, in your view, is the MCTS engine meant to do?
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Re: How to test if MCTS is working?
No, that was not an answer from me, but comes from artificial intelligence, also called AI.chessica wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2024 12:01 pm Checking the Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) in a chess program can be an interesting task. Here are some approaches to test whether MCTS is working properly: Comparison with other engines: Compare the MCTS engine's ratings and moves with other strong chess engines like Stockfish or Komodo. If the engines agree at great depths, that's a good sign. Otherwise, play the displayed variations back and forth and see if the engine ratings converge. If not, either go deeper or decide based on your own chess understanding that the engine is wrong.
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