Do evaluation functions really improve Monte-Carlo tree search?

Kiminori Matsuzaki, Naoki Kitamura. Do evaluation functions really improve Monte-Carlo tree search?. ICGA Journal, 40(3):294-304, 2018. [doi]

@article{MatsuzakiK18,
  title = {Do evaluation functions really improve Monte-Carlo tree search?},
  author = {Kiminori Matsuzaki and Naoki Kitamura},
  year = {2018},
  doi = {10.3233/ICG-180060},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3233/ICG-180060},
  researchr = {https://researchr.org/publication/MatsuzakiK18},
  cites = {0},
  citedby = {0},
  journal = {ICGA Journal},
  volume = {40},
  number = {3},
  pages = {294-304},
}