On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Sean Owen <sro...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, this may yet just be an application of statistics. > > I assume that my skill in bridge is a relatively fixed quantity, and > my score in a game is probably a function of the skill of me and my > partner, and of our opponents' skill. I don't know how IMPs work, but > assume you can establish some "expected" change in score given these > two inputs (average skill of my team, their team). Actual changes > ought to be normally distributed around that expectation. You look for > pairs whose actual change is highly unlikely (too high) given this, > like +3 standard deviations above expectation.
That seems like a good approach. Thanks! Cheers, Frank > > How's that? > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Frank Scholten <fr...@frankscholten.nl> > wrote: >> Interesting. However, winning in bridge is not a boolean event, each >> deal gives a number of IMPs, International Match Points, to each >> player which can be positive and negative. The sum of IMPs of each >> deal is always zero. >
