07-29-2020, 09:58 PM
My experience with Boardspace is that "simple" MCTS almost always crushes "simple" alpha-beta,
and simple MCTS is absolutely trivial to use. I rarely bother to make an alpha-beta evaluator any more.
OTOH, when MCTS doesn't work well, trying to make it work better is a pretty frustrating exercise.
I think that for a generic system like ludii, spending time and effort on better AIs would be a time sink
and a waste of resources. You're never going to compete with engines specialized for the game; and
what you already have is more than adequate to expose the flavor of the games.
and simple MCTS is absolutely trivial to use. I rarely bother to make an alpha-beta evaluator any more.
OTOH, when MCTS doesn't work well, trying to make it work better is a pretty frustrating exercise.
I think that for a generic system like ludii, spending time and effort on better AIs would be a time sink
and a waste of resources. You're never going to compete with engines specialized for the game; and
what you already have is more than adequate to expose the flavor of the games.