Difference between revisions of "Talk:Pattern Matching"
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Is there any (top) bot that still only uses pattern matching? I'm currently doing my first steps with that, but since I'm not a very trained coder, I can't really seem to fix all the bugs. Guess I need inspiration :-) | Is there any (top) bot that still only uses pattern matching? I'm currently doing my first steps with that, but since I'm not a very trained coder, I can't really seem to fix all the bugs. Guess I need inspiration :-) | ||
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| + | Not really among MegaBots. I think the closest is [[SilverSurfer]], which uses a "Vectorial Pattern Matcher". There's a description of it at [[oldwiki:Musashi]]. There are PM-like elements in many [[Visit Count Stats|VCS]] and [[Dynamic Clustering|DC]] guns, like using "distance last 8 ticks" or "time since velocity change" as attributes. Those kind of pick up movement patterns. But in general, nobody's really shown PM as a viable alternative to VCS/DC with [[GuessFactor|GuessFactors]] at the high end. Now, MicroBots and NanoBots are a different story, since PM guns can be very powerful relative to [[Code Size]]. Even [[CunobelinDC]], the top MiniBot, uses PM. --[[User:Voidious|Voidious]] 21:15, 5 December 2009 (UTC) | ||
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Is there any (top) bot that still only uses pattern matching? I'm currently doing my first steps with that, but since I'm not a very trained coder, I can't really seem to fix all the bugs. Guess I need inspiration :-)
Not really among MegaBots. I think the closest is SilverSurfer, which uses a "Vectorial Pattern Matcher". There's a description of it at oldwiki:Musashi. There are PM-like elements in many VCS and DC guns, like using "distance last 8 ticks" or "time since velocity change" as attributes. Those kind of pick up movement patterns. But in general, nobody's really shown PM as a viable alternative to VCS/DC with GuessFactors at the high end. Now, MicroBots and NanoBots are a different story, since PM guns can be very powerful relative to Code Size. Even CunobelinDC, the top MiniBot, uses PM. --Voidious 21:15, 5 December 2009 (UTC)
