Re: [Bug-gnubg] Gnubg - Snowie error rate comparison

[jorma kala]

sorry,
my question was badly put.
What I'd like to know is how exactly the total error rate is calculated.
Thanks

On 11/13/07, jorma kala <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi,
how is the total error rate and the per move error rate exactly calculated?
Is it just the average difference in MWC of each unforced move with respect to the MWC of the optimal move?
Thanks.
jorma

On 11/10/07, Christian Anthon < address@hidden> wrote:

Snowie and GNU backgammon calculate error rate differently

From an example game:

Chequer Play Statistics:
Total moves                                           26
Unforced moves                                      22


Cube Statistics:
Total cube decisions                                   4
Close or actual cube decisions                         3

Error rate (total)                                  -0.145
Error rate (per decision)                          -5.8
Equiv. Snowie error rate                          -2.8

gnubg error = 0.145/(22+3)*1000 = 5.8
snowie error = 0.145/(26*2)*1000 = 2.8

So as you can see GNU backgammon attempts to use the number of actual
decisions, while Snowie only uses the number of moves. In my
experience the factor between the two error rates is closer a factor
of 2.

Christian.


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