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In 1998 and 1998, when GIB was Matt Ginsberg's program, it won the World Computer Bridge Championships. Why doesn't BBO regularly enter GIB in this event? This would let the BBO programmers know how well they are doing against the competitive efforts of Wbridge5, Jack, and Shark Bridge programmers.
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Posted 2012-July-16, 14:12
booggie, on 2012-July-16, 13:19, said:
In 1998 and 1998, when GIB was Matt Ginsberg's program, it won the World Computer Bridge Championships. Why doesn't BBO regularly enter GIB in this event? This would let the BBO programmers know how well they are doing against the competitive efforts of Wbridge5, Jack, and Shark Bridge programmers.
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I would hazard a guess that the BBO programmers are focused on integrating GIB and BBO rather than performance...
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Posted 2012-July-17, 08:54
probably for the same reason that there are never updates for those that own the commercial version of GIB.
There has to be a monetary reason for it, in order for it to happen. I believe Ginsberg sold the rights to BBO
who develop it for BBO and tend to use it for the their bot gaming. If they were to develop it to sell on the open
market then I would assume they would enter events like that.
There has to be a monetary reason for it, in order for it to happen. I believe Ginsberg sold the rights to BBO
who develop it for BBO and tend to use it for the their bot gaming. If they were to develop it to sell on the open
market then I would assume they would enter events like that.
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Posted 2012-July-17, 15:41
booggie, on 2012-July-16, 13:19, said:
In 1998 and 1998, when GIB was Matt Ginsberg's program, it won the World Computer Bridge Championships. Why doesn't BBO regularly enter GIB in this event? This would let the BBO programmers know how well they are doing against the competitive efforts of Wbridge5, Jack, and Shark Bridge programmers.
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Those programs are written to run on a computer essentially dedicated to the owner of the software and computer. They do not have to play thousands of others simultaneously. Perhaps BBO would compete with them, if they were forced to operate at a corresponding level of resources (cpu cycles and memory). That said, I would not have much particular interest in the result. What would be interesting would be playing each of those opponents on line. Why do none of them support that?
Do you think the fact that they were all written to run on a PC is an important part of that answer?
Perhaps if they could interface to BBO, you could pick your robot of choice as a partner.
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Posted 2012-July-18, 03:00
The cd (commercial)version of GIB is also written to run on a dedicated PC and I assure you I have downloaded updates. It would be interesting to see GIB compete in a championship although the winners seem to enjoy a fair degree of luck.
Even if BBO prefer not to devote time to competing, and I guess it would involve unproductive effort, I would like to think BBO management periodically compare GIB's performance with leading programs.
Otherwise the claim that GIB is the best playing program in the world would ring a bit hollow.
Even if BBO prefer not to devote time to competing, and I guess it would involve unproductive effort, I would like to think BBO management periodically compare GIB's performance with leading programs.
Otherwise the claim that GIB is the best playing program in the world would ring a bit hollow.
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