Author: Melvin S. Schwartz
Date: 10:51:47 06/02/99
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On June 01, 1999 at 14:02:10, Dann Corbit wrote: >On June 01, 1999 at 13:40:26, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: >[snip] >>Hello Dann! >> >>I probably should just set-up Hiarcs, Fritz, or Rebel and take away their Queen >>before the first move and have some fun instead of prolonging this topic; >>however, I am a person who when having strong opinions feels he must express >>them even when he knows nothing about what he's talking. :-) >There is nothing wrong with feeling passionate about things. It is just that >you may not necessarily be correct, despite the strong feelings. > >>If the SSDF could test all the programs against each other on the identical >>computer, don't you think they would consider that a more accurate way to get >>ratings than what they are doing now? >They would be less accurate, and possibly useless. For instance, if I get two >1GHz CPU and put Hiarcs7.32 and Fritz 5.32 on them and let them rage against >each other, believe it or not, I will have no mathematical results at all from >the contest! That is because neither one of them has a measured strength. The >objective of the SSDF is to provide a true ability rating that is mathematically >sound. While there are always great difficulties associated with a thing like >this and there are going to be problems, it is essential that the tests >conducted be performed with opponents of known strength. The better and more >accurately you know the strength of an opponent, the better and more accurately >you will know the strength of the new configuration. The way to determine the >strenght of an opponent (human or computer) is a mathematical formula that uses >the strength of the opponent as one of its arguments. If this number is "iffy" >(+/- one standard deviation is a large number) then the quality of the >mathematical answer to that equation is also bad. Therefore, the more tests you >have with a particular system and program combination, the more valuable it >becomes for determining the strength of the opponents. > >Does it become more clear now? Well, if I am wrong, than blame the people responsible for writing in both the manuals for Hiarcs 7 and Fritz 5.32 that the programs strength would be better by running them on a faster pc! Mel
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