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Re: Réf . : Re: [Bug-gnubg] G/BG rates [minor ?]
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Joern Thyssen |
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Re: Réf . : Re: [Bug-gnubg] G/BG rates [minor ?] |
Date: |
Mon, 8 Sep 2003 14:33:39 +0000 |
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On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 02:24:04PM +0200, address@hidden wrote
>
> >
> >Note as well as Win includes W(g) and W(bg), W(g) includes W(bg), so I'd
> >expect:
> >
> >gammon rate (static) = (13.86-0.41)/48.46 = 27.75%
> >gammon rate (1-ply) = (14.01-0.50)/50.32 = 26.85%
> >gammon rate( 2-ply) = (13.59-0.44)/48.58 = 27.07%
> >
> >I guess the small differences to the ones calculaetd by the market
> >window is due to rounding errors.
>
> You're right, but I find this a bit confusing.
>
> In the beginning I was asking myself why in the hell the Win/Lose
> percentages are defined like that (W includes W(g) and W(bg), W(g)
> includes W(bg), same for L, L(g), L(bg)). Wouldn't be easyier to
> have W(so), W(go), W(bo) (respectively single only, gammon only
> and backgammon only) ?
I don't know.
The internal representation is W, W(g), and W(bg), and I guess it was
easiest to use the same externally. Also note that most other bg
programs use the same representation externally.
Jørn
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