Sure, let anyone create a comma bot. Users get faster testing from having multiple bots, and the community gets more rating stability. Everyone wins.
I think that there should be a minimum number of games for copying Bayeselo, but I don't feel strongly about any particular number. Maybe only 30 games for Bayeselo to be as stable as online updating. The "last 24 hours" restriction doesn't seem to matter much. If a bot hasn't played since the last copying, then it has no more new data, so the only changes are from second-order effects. Brian From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Don Dailey Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 9:44 AM To: computer-go Subject: [Computer-go] comma bots There are now several comma bots on the server. This should have a good impact on bringing the ELO ratings in line with the Bayeselo page. I'm currently copying over their ratings every 2 hours. So now we have a couple of questions to ask the group - primarily for those actually using CGOS. One possible use of comma bots is for users to have control over how their programs get rated. It was my original intentions to forbid general usage of this mechanism, but it occurred to me that it's possible to just open this up to everyone - you create a comma bot if you want the bayeselo rating to be copied over (every 2 hours or so.) This effectively gives your bot the most accurate rating as it's based on your exact performance over all the games you have ever played. It would also have a positive affect on the rating pool accuracy. Another possibility is to discourage this and reserve it for clone bots designed to add stability to the rating system. As a separate issue it is possible to use this copy mechanism for bots who have played less than 100 or 200 games. Since that is probably a huge number of bots over time it would be restricted to bots that have recent activity, perhaps within the last 24 hours. Any thoughts on either of these points?
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