"jorma kala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.

MaX.


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