Vlad Dumitrescu wrote: > On Jan 6, 2008 11:00 PM, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The idea of a non one dimension rating model is interesting. If you >> decide to pursue this I can give you the CGOS data in a compact format, >> 1 line per result. >> > > Hi all, > > I'm not sure I get the whole picture regarding multi-dimensional > ratings. How can you compare two players with a 2-dimensional rating? > You can't, so how would one use this rating? In my book, a rating's > goal is to make things comparable... > > A 2-dimensional or more rating would be used to predict the winner. You would be able to say that a given player will beat another specified player some percentage of the time. With more than one dimension perhaps the formula would be a better predictor since it could take playing styles into consideration.
It could not be used to rank players in the sense of putting them on a scale such as CGOS uses. Since there is an inherently intransitive relationship, you cannot rank players in strict order with more than 1 dimension. - Don > best regards, > Vlad > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > > _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
