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Hamster
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by Hamster » Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:30 pm
I have read the explanation of the Lc0 output on
https://github.com/LeelaChessZero/lc0/w ... Chess-Zero
but I still do not understand it or I do not know how to get the most from it. As an example of the challenge I am facing see the below output from Arena. Why is Be2 the move that Lc0 selects? It is neither the one with the highest P nor Q nor Q+U nor V value.

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cma6
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by cma6 » Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:08 pm
" highest P nor Q nor Q+U nor V value."
Hamster, please excuse this lc0 newbie question: What is the meaning of "P", "Q", "Q+U", & "V"?
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zullil
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by zullil » Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:10 pm
cma6 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:08 pm
" highest P nor Q nor Q+U nor V value."
Hamster, please excuse this lc0 newbie question: What is the meaning of "P", "Q", "Q+U", & "V"?
Follow link in his post.
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grahamj
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by grahamj » Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:34 pm
LC0 chooses the move with the most visits. Searching the explanation for 'visits' may help.
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zullil
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by zullil » Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:55 pm
grahamj wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:34 pm
LC0 chooses the move with the most visits. Searching the explanation for 'visits' may help.
So, in the image posted above, Be2 is chosen based on N = 152?
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Paloma
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by Paloma » Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:03 pm
zullil wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:10 pm
cma6 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:08 pm
" highest P nor Q nor Q+U nor V value."
Hamster, please excuse this lc0 newbie question: What is the meaning of "P", "Q", "Q+U", & "V"?
Follow link in his post.
Which post?
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zullil
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by zullil » Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:09 pm
Paloma wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 5:03 pm
zullil wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:10 pm
cma6 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:08 pm
" highest P nor Q nor Q+U nor V value."
Hamster, please excuse this lc0 newbie question: What is the meaning of "P", "Q", "Q+U", & "V"?
Follow link in his post.
Which post?
Well, there's only one embedded link in this entire thread.
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jp
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by jp » Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:17 am
Hamster wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:30 pm
Why is Be2 the move that Lc0 selects? It is
neither the one with the highest P nor Q nor Q+U nor V value.
Do you mean it played Be2 after the screenshot?
It looks to me that it does have the highest Q+U, as well as the highest N, but the only one the list of moves is in order for is N (visits).
I don't know what the "(+7)" in the top line means or the "(712)".
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Hamster
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by Hamster » Fri Aug 30, 2019 8:23 pm
jp wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 12:17 am
Hamster wrote: ↑Thu Aug 29, 2019 3:30 pm
Why is Be2 the move that Lc0 selects? It is
neither the one with the highest P nor Q nor Q+U nor V value.
Do you mean it played Be2 after the screenshot?
It looks to me that it does have the highest Q+U, as well as the highest N, but the only one the list of moves is in order for is N (visits).
I don't know what the "(+7)" in the top line means or the "(712)".
You are right, Q+U is actually the highest.
If Lc0 chooses the move with the most visits what would be a useful interpretation of the other variables?
E.g. why not choose the average expected value of all playouts for a move (Q)?
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cma6
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by cma6 » Fri Aug 30, 2019 9:13 pm
Zulli:
Do you know the meaning of these terms: "P", "Q", "Q+U", & "V"?
I am guessing that V = visits. But, as pointed out, Be2 does not have the highest V value of all the moves shown. Or does the lc0 site have an explanation of the parameters, since when I searched here for "visits", it gave me no new information.