Re: [freenet-dev] Errors in formulas

2003-12-02 Thread Toad
il http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.devel/8264 > > - Original Message - > From: "Ian Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of development issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 6:18 AM > Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] Errors

Re: [freenet-dev] Errors in formulas

2003-12-01 Thread Juiceman
of development issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 6:18 AM Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] Errors in formulas > We need to think about why NGR isn't benefiting from a similar > self-reenforcing effect. I don't think it is as simple as "its > estimat

Re: [freenet-dev] Errors in formulas

2003-12-01 Thread Ian Clarke
Zlatin Balevsky wrote: The very idea of using a formula for making decisions about routing has one major flaw and that is the innacuracy of the estimators. Well, classic routing routes on the basis of the assumption that getting data from a node means that it is a good place to get similar data i

[freenet-dev] Errors in formulas

2003-11-30 Thread Zlatin Balevsky
The very idea of using a formula for making decisions about routing has one major flaw and that is the innacuracy of the estimators. Unless a perfect estimator is developed which will give the exact value of a given variable, any formula will produce humonguous margin of error. As you know, i