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Subject: Re: Looking for clean test suites any ideas.

Author: Charles Roberson

Date: 15:20:12 03/04/06

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>> At this rate it will be ages before I even have a trusted suite.

>>Shaun

   Yes, that is the problem.

   So, I suggest doing the correlation tests with several suites and allow
   the engines say 2 minutes at best per position. (this could take months --
   I know, it took 4 weeks for me and I divided it out amongst 4 computers).

    At that point, you will be able to tell which suite is the most correlated
with strength. Then, make that suite perfect.

    If you start with making a suite perfect, you may spend a month on it and it
doesn't correlate with performance. Now, you start over with another, then
another .....




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