Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 12:01:14 02/23/00
Go up one level in this thread
On February 23, 2000 at 12:33:50, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On February 23, 2000 at 11:08:43, blass uri wrote: > >>shredder2 was not tested on the fast hardware because the ssdf always use fast >>hardware for new programs and old hardware for old programs. > >Has anyone considered that this might be a major source of error, perhaps rating >inflation? Why? Any suggestions of what to do instead. Do you think humans should refuse to play opponents rated 200 elo higher or lower. >"Always" is a bad word to use when you are trying to get an accurate result from >a system that is designed to produce accurate ratings within a pool where >everyone plays everyone under the same average conditions. Have you ever thought about that the human pool works in the same way, except for being much bigger? There is a slight inflation because some older programs have no learning-function. Of course the pool should be calibrated but not because of someones gut-feelings or wild guesses. Bertil > >bruce
This page took 0.01 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.