Author: Dan Homan
Date: 12:20:38 10/08/97
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On October 08, 1997 at 13:49:14, Chris Whittington wrote: > >Ok let's try my maths model. tell me if it predicts the results. > >Node rate N nodes per sec >Hash lookups N/4 hits per sec > >Chance of hash collision is related to number of bits in hash signature, >suppose we have n bits. Collision chance per pair of hash hash lookups = >1 / 2^n > >The hash collision rate is unfortunateyl going to be proportional to >(roughly) the SQUARE of the hash lookup rate. > >Total collisions per second = 1 / 2^n x N/4 x N/4 > > = N^2 / 2^n / 16 > >ideally we could go for, say, only one hash collision per week, > >Someone with a calculator and some spare time .... > >How big a hash bit count would we need for a 10,000, a 100,000 and a >2,000,000 nps program ? > >Alternatively and additionally, for a 64 bit sized hash index, what >collision rate will a 10,000, a 100,000 and a 2,000,000 nps program give >? > >Does this agree with Bob's empirical results ? > >Chris Shouldn't this also depend on the size of the table? Including table size, my calculation is a little different... P = probability of a collision on a given table lookup T = total number of table entries p = probability of two positions having the same hash signature ( = 1/2^n , as chris stated, with n = number of bits in hash) N = nodes searched per second (assume one table lookup at each node) R = rate of collisions So P = 1 - (1-p)^T (This is just 1 minus the probablity of no collision) if (1/p) >> T the P = Tp (approximately) The rate R is then given by.... R = NP for a 256K entry table, 32 bit hash code, 30K nodes / sec (i.e. T = 256000, n = 32, N = 30000/sec ) R = 1.78 collisions/sec for a 48 bit hash code: R ~ 3E-5 collisions/sec for a 64 bit hash code: R ~ 4E-10 collisions/sec T should be the number of hash table entries that are filled, so the rate of collisions is less than this for a partially filled table. - Dan P.S. This was done quick, so somebody please check my math. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Homan dch@vlbi.astro.brandeis.edu Physics Department dch@quasar.astro.brandeis.edu Brandeis University homan@binah.cc.brandeis.edu --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://quasar.astro.brandeis.edu/BRAG/people/dch.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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