Author: margolies,marc
Date: 12:55:38 01/23/04
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I am trying to figure this, Bob. Did you suggest that tournament results would be more or less useful for program development when participants and observers cared less about the tournament outcome? thanks, Marc On January 23, 2004 at 11:26:42, Bob Durrett wrote: ---snip--- >I see a tournament as being a tool too. It helps us to improve our odds of >being on the right path. If we seek to determine who [or what] is best, who is >second best, etc., then statistics provides us with useful tools to improve our >chances of "getting it right." But there is no guarantee. > >It appears absolutely true that every tournament provides some information. The >problem is in identifying that information, measuring it, and finding a good way >to express or communicate that new information. > >This forum seems to have a problem coming to grips with the idea that there is >useful information in every tournament. People seem "hung up" on the mandate to >determine a "winner." That causes all kinds of misunderstandings. >
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