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Subject: Re: NPS, EBF, Knowledge and Elo

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:43:22 08/15/03

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On August 15, 2003 at 12:19:54, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>On August 15, 2003 at 04:18:54, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On August 14, 2003 at 22:40:04, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>
>>>If doubling NPS (all else being equal) produces a roughly 40 to 75 elo strength
>>>increase, then doubling knowledge produces how much elo strength increase?
>>>
>>>Or do increases in knowledge follow a completely different type of relationship
>>>to playing stength?
>>>
>>>What impact on NPS does a doubling of knowledge have? I know it slows it down,
>>>but what is the relationship (a rule of thumb) between the 2? It is said that
>>>adding knowldege in hardware does not exact a speed penalty, but can this really
>>>be true? Or is the speed penalty simply less apparent?
>>>
>>>How much attention should a programmer give to lowering the EBF of his program
>>>versus adding more knowledge?
>>
>>I believe that lowering the EBF is more important.
>
>
>I agree with this 100%.
>

I believe that the only way to lower the EBF is to make the program smarter.
(Add knowledge).

You may not agree 100%.




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