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Subject: Re: 6 draws say better about a machine than 3 losses and 3 wins

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 15:19:40 02/17/05

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On February 17, 2005 at 07:10:59, Rémi Coulom wrote:

>On February 17, 2005 at 05:03:17, stuart taylor wrote:
>
>>There are a few of them on this and recent pages, and some ideas are similar to
>>things I've written earlier. But what _I_ consider to be my best posts are
>>usually simply ignored (seemingly). I hope that means that people agree with
>>some of my points. (like that 6 draws say better about a machine than 3 losses
>>etc. [because losses necesitate weakness, whereas draws, maybe yes, maybe not]).
>>S.Taylor
>
>Hi Stuart,
>
>I have not noticed your post about 6 draws. You might be interested to know
>that, in the Bayesian inference experiments that I am currently running, I use
>the statistical model of Rao and Kupper, in which one draw is equivalent to one
>win and one loss. My experiments indicate that this model fits the data very
>well in the case of computer games. So, it seems that statistics confirm your
>intuition.
>
>Also, regarding the number of replies, it is usual that the most interesting
>posts do not get many replies. Please don't stop posting whatever you find
>interesting.
>
>Rémi

I think that one (or more) draw(s), MIGHT be supreme chess (depending on who the
opponent is). But a loss is CERTAINLY not.
S.Taylor



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