[gnugo-devel] Influence patterns

[SP LEE]

Hi all,

I browsed through the influence patterns and I found the enhancement patters 
could make moves over-concentrated, thus less efficient. I'm not sure if these 
patterns will actually be used in real games. For example,

Pattern Enhance1

o..?
O.*.
O...
o.??

:8,E,value(30)

If I have four stones in a row, I almost don't even want to enhance it any 
more. The influence may already radiate to the opposite edge, I suppose. Of 
course it rather depends on the opponent stone formations. 

I'd like to make some experiment, but I don't know the best way to test it, 
except running regression tests. Any good idea?

SP Lee