"jorma kala" <address@hidden> wrote
on 25/02/2008 12:16:30:
> Hi,
>
> I have been re-reading your very clear mail about error calculationin
gnubg.
> If I understand correctly, the total error is the sum of the
EMG
> equity difference of all suboptimal moves divided by the number of
> unforced moves.
> For instance, if you make 10 errors in a match, each error's equity
> difference being 0.1, and the match contains 100 unforced moves, the
> total error rate would be:
> 0.1 *10 / 100 = 0.01
>
> But this seems a very small number,considering that 10 big errors
> have been commited.
> Am I missing something, is this computation multiplied by some other
factor?
>
> Thanks a lot.
I thikn error rates are usually expressed in millipoints. In your case: 10 0.1 errors over 100 unforced moves
gives an error rate of 10 * 0.1/100 = 0.01 points = 10 millipoints.