[Bug-gnubg] Some general rollout questions

[Morten Wang]

Hi all,

Just two general questions about rollouts.  I did check #2 with the
various resources on the web but couldn't find the answer.

1: In a cubeful money game rollout of a position where the cube is
   already turned (so Jacoby is irrelevant), does gnubg factor in
   later cube usage in the total cubeful equity of the position?
   I'd expect it to do so, but then I started wondering.

   I've done some rather large rollouts of two different plays in a
   money game position and believe the results of those differ partly
   because one of them can lead to efficient double/takes or cashes
   later, but didn't want to conclude that without knowing.

2: What are the differences between the text client and the GTK client
   when it comes to doing rollouts?  In the GTK client I can evaluate
   all moves on [0,4]-ply then roll out the best 5 and show the
   results combined.  This doesn't seem to be possible in the text
   client, or is it just hidden somewhere?

   I have a remotely accessible server with two processors running
   idle and I'd like to use it for larger rollouts, but the text
   client seems difficult to use for that kind of thing.  Any advice
   would of course be welcome.


Morten!

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