It does something similar, but with cards with grades 0 and 1. Cheers,
Peter On Sunday 26 October 2008 17:58:14 RetypePassword wrote: > I just started using Mnemosyne recently; I've had it installed for a > while, but I haven't gotten around to using it because I wanted more > portability. Trying to get more portability by using index cards and > the SM-2 algorithm isn't exactly pleasant. Anyhow, in my attempt, I > had to learn the SM-2 algorithm. I've read, and I think I understand > fairly well, the SM-2 and SM-5 algorithms as presented on SuperMemo's > website. > > When I finally began using Mnemosyne, I expected it to do the last > step of the SM-2 algorithm: Repeat all the cards that scored less than > a four without changing the grade (for interval calculation purposes) > initially given that day until all cards have a score of four. It > didn't. I was confused. I scored most of my cards a three — some had > fours and only one got a five, but Mnemosyne didn't repeat the cards I > gave a three. > > Is this skipping of the last step an intentional modification of the > SM-2 algorithm and could it have a detrimental effect on how well I > recall items in future repetitions? > -- ------------------------------------------------ Peter Bienstman Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 WWW: http://photonics.intec.UGent.be email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
