Please do, and report back, I remember being a bit confused myself when I implemented the reporting.
Christian. On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Misja Alma<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for looking into the problem. So the snowie_moves number is correct > then. > But the product of snowie_moves and snowie_error_rate_per_move is > still different than what gnubg reports itself. > > Maybe I'll have a look into the code myself when I find some time, > 'cause I would really like to be able to query some average Snowie > error rates from my database. > > Cheers, > Misja > > 2009/8/17 Ian Shaw <[email protected]>: >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] >>> On Behalf Of Misja Alma >>> Sent: 15 August 2009 15:54 >>> To: bug-gnubg >>> Subject: [Bug-gnubg] How to calculate snowie error rate from >>> logged databasedata >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've been trying to reconstruct my Snowie error rate from a >>> match that I've logged in the database with gnubg. >> [snip] >>> I then checked what the value for snowie_moves was for my >>> match, and it was the total number of (forced or unforced) >>> moves of me and my opponent added up. >> >> I can't help with the rest of your query, but I do know that this is >> correct. Snowie uses the sum of your and your opponent's moves as the >> divisor. Forced or unplayable moves (such as being closed out) are >> counted. >> >> This is the main reason that gnubg's gradings are so much tougher than >> Snowie's. # >> >> Lot's of people dislike Snowie's method, because it is counter-intuitive >> to count your opponents' moves as the divisor for your own error rate. >> However, it is the rate that people are most familiar with (which I >> suppose is why you are trying to extract it.) Douglas Zare also wrote an >> interesting article at GammonVillage in which he argued in its favour. >> >> -- Ian >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnubg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg > _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
