Author: Will Singleton
Date: 16:14:33 07/15/99
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On July 15, 1999 at 07:36:09, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >I have a questions: on the basis of which criterion a program is selected to >appear on this list? Does the programmer need to be the person that runs the >program? E.g. I handle a copy of The Crazy Bishop under the name Topolino on ICC >and I do interact a bit with Remi (the author) for hints based on the games it >plays. Can this program appear on the list? > >Further a comment: the ratio rating/MHz does not make a lot of sense in y >opinion. This beacuse the rating scale is nonlinear and the complexity of the >games is exponential. I would at least take the ratio: rating/log(MHz) > >very interesting anyway >regrds >Franz Hello Franz, Thanks for your comments. Let me see if I understand you. Because the rating scale goes from like 2000-2800, but the mhz varies from 133 to 550 or so, there is too much variation in mhz relative to rating and that will skew the results. I think that might be right, if that's what you mean. Example: Rating mhz R/mhz R/log(mhz)/100 2200 200 11.00 9.56 2200 300 7.33 8.88 2200 400 5.50 8.45 2450 200 12.25 10.65 2450 300 8.17 9.89 2450 400 6.13 9.42 2700 200 13.50 11.73 2700 300 9.00 10.90 2700 400 6.75 10.38 2700 500 5.40 10.00 2700 600 4.50 9.72 One can see the benefit of your suggestion. Using R/mhz, it's about equivalent for an account to get 2200 using 400mhz as it is for one to get 2700 at 500mhz, which is clearly wrong. But r/log(mhz) method handles it correctly. It also handles the case when comparing 2200 at 200mhz vs 2700 at 600mhz. Would there be a better formula to use, or is that sufficient? With respect to TCB, I made the judgement that it is a mature program, and doesn't really fit in the experimental or "green" category. Will
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