Re: [Bug-gnubg] Suggestion: equivalent # of games played in roll outs thx to var. reduction

[Øystein O Johansen]

> I'm aware that the issue was raised in the past various
> times, I'd just like to know the current status, if any :

> - is it on the agenda at all?

I tried to implement this some (years?) ago, but I found out that the
standard error tells you much more than the equivalent # of games, so I
rejected the code.

> - is it on the agenda but with a very low priority level?
> (which would perfectly make sense, regarding a more or
> less cosmetic feature)

No, I don't think it's on the agenda.

> - is it hard to compute/implement?

No, actually it's very easy. Here's how you can compute it on your pocket
calculator:

                        var(wo. vr)
Equivalent # of games = ------------ x real number of games
                        var(w. vr)

Where:

var(w. vr) = the variance with variance reduction = sdt.err^2
var(wo vr) = the variance without variance reduction.
             (Calculated based on the results)

> Incidentally, on the 'promotion' side (if ever needed)
> I think this would show even better the top quality of
> roll outs enabled by Gnubg

Maybe, but I don't worry... ;-)

-Øystein



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