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Subject: Re: Dr Hyatt : hash collisions and short keys

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:50:57 08/20/02

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On August 20, 2002 at 18:54:29, David Hanley wrote:

>It occurs to me that it matters a lot where the false matches occur.  A false
>high score one step away from the root can obviously result in a blunder being
>played.  I guess my only option is to experiment...
>
>dave

I tried a false match every 1000 nodes with no harmful effects that I could
find.  It needs a _lot_ more testing of course, to draw any real scientific
conclusion.  It is on my list of things to test and write up for the ICGA
when I have time...

My test _should_ have produced bad scores I would think.  But it didn't.



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