Asymmetrical tree structure

KjeldPetersen My idea of understanding Joseki, is that from a given position in a Joseki there are some variation that are longer, and some which are short, and some that are very short.

So I'm working on a type of a asymmetrical tree structure that can suggest a tree branche, some long, some middle long, some short and some very short.

The suggested moves should help to grow a tree in a Playout program the grow the better moves faster, and the not so good moves slower.

Does anyone know what this type of asymmetrical tree structure is called ?

By each turn all nodes are grown by 1

0 (top node = recognised pattern on the board)

0-1

0+1-2
 \3

0+1+2-4
 | \5
 +3-6
 \7

0+1+2+4-8
 | | \9
 | +5-10
 | \11
 +3+6-12
 | \13
 +7-14
 \15

KjeldPetersen A playout could (by my opinion) be done faster and better by constructing a database of patterns with a set of corresponding playout branches. So when a program recognise a pattern it can add a small section of a preknow tree structure to the overall searce tree structure. The small tree structure should be build on previus played games, and it should be changed if the value of a branche changes.

The tree structure can be stored as an array (not counting the top node)

( 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 )

Jumping between nodes is easy. Jumping to the first child node is done by multiplying with 2, and jumping to the next branche is done with multiplying with 2 and adding 1.

Lets say a node pointer is pointing at 1. Next child node would then be 1*2 = 2. The next node for the parent node of 1 would be 1*2+1 = 3