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Subject: Re: It still does not answer my question, though.

Author: Rémi Coulom

Date: 12:47:06 11/18/04

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On November 18, 2004 at 14:34:07, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On November 18, 2004 at 14:28:28, Rémi Coulom wrote:
>
>>I quickly read your links, but I still do not know what are the algorithms used
>>by SSDF and EloStat. If anyone knows this, I would appreciate the information.
>
>When you ask about the alrgorithms, do you meane the Elo algorithm, or the error
>estimation algorithm?
>
>The Elo algorithm is from FIDE.
>The error estimation algorithm is just two standard deviations.

How are they computed ? What is the distribution ?

>
>Here is the FIDE rating system:
>http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=B0210

I don't believe EloStat uses these formulas. EloStats knows nothing about
"tournaments", "honorary ratings", and it seems to be using an iterative
algorithm that converges to a fixed point.

Rémi

• Re: It still does not answer my question, though. Gian-Carlo Pascutto 01:03:47 11/19/04
  • Re: It still does not answer my question, though. -- Right! (nt) Peter Fendrich 10:45:26 11/19/04

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