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Subject: Re: Swiss Tourney rounds calculator

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 07:19:12 12/17/03

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On December 16, 2003 at 13:57:55, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>On December 15, 2003 at 22:36:46, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>I've written a little utility to calculate the number of roounds in Swiss system
>>tournaments. It will compute the number of rounds so as to optimize the accuracy
>>for the best 1-9 finishers and worst 1-9 finishers. If anyone would like this
>>small program, just send me an email at the address at the top of this post.
>>
>>Regards
>>Dave
>
>I've already sent you a request e-mail for the utility.
>Can you please explain what do you mean by:
>"It will compute the number of rounds so as to optimize the accuracy
>for the best 1-9 finishers and worst 1-9 finishers".
> I mean what equations or procedures did you use, for calculating the
>desirable number of rounds?

Basically, the equation i used was log2(x) plus adding 1 additional round for
each additional placement.

Regards
Dave



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