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In reply to Philip J Fry • 6:04p, 9/14/24

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So you say bonuses and penalties based on their tiles; do tiles have fixed bonuses? Or adjusts based on other dominoes in the hand? I usually bid thinking about what count I will lose, or how likely it is, but with a bonus system, it sounds like it might be the opposite? Like adding up how many points the AI expects to win?

Also regarding bidding based on the partners hand, I have all my bots set to aggressive bidding mode, and I feel like my partner overbids me often. Do they like to bid higher when their partner bids? Basically assuming their partner has a good hand? Or is it just a side effect of the aggressive setting?

Also something I'm curious about, when I bid a mark or two, I have never been overbid. I'm curious why the bots seem to get scared off from it.

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1:21a, 9/15/24

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No, there is some logic to it. Like holding the 46 without the 44 or 65 and 66 gets a major penalty for choosing 4s and 6s as trumps.

Trumps, in general get a bonus. Holding the 55 gets a bonus.

There are some rules written in for the ai setting. For instance, a conservative player most likely will never outbid their partner. An aggressive player doesnt care and I think I wrote it such that it actually gets a small bonus if their partner bids. They are also more prone to bidding 31 instead of 30.

I'm digging into the bidding algorithm now as part of this update. It could use a little upgrading too.

As for the outbidding you on 2 marks, I probably did had code it not to attempt to outbid you there. I can add that to the list. I know I prevented the computer from bidding nello on the iPhone. I just didn't trust my algorithm enough to give it that freedom

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In reply to Philip J Fry • 3:38p, 9/15/24

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Don't worry about it, most people shouldn't trust their internal "should I bid nello" algorithm either.

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In reply to Quad Dog • 6:13p, 9/16/24

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Quad Dog said:
Don't worry about it, most people shouldn't trust their internal "should I bid nello" algorithm either.

"I only have three offs. I can totally make this work as long as they don't throw..."

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In reply to Philip J Fry • 7:47p

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So how does the computer determine to bid 31 vs 32 vs 35? Are there certain bonus thresholds they have to cross before bidding different amounts points?

And why not trust your low algorithm I figure it would be just as easy to determine a good low hand as a high hand.

Main reason for the questions is the topic came up at work of mathematically determining a bid for every given hand and how the problem might be solved. I figure a Monte Carlo would be the best solution?

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