[computer-go] mean log evidence

[Rémi Coulom]

Jason House wrote:
> In Remi's paper on ELO ratings of moves, how is mean log evidence 
> computed?  Is that looking at the probability of the training set?  
> e.g. if the selected moves have estimated probabilities of 1/e, 1/e^2, 
> 1/e, and 1/e, then the log evidences would be -1,-2,-1, and -1 for a 
> mean log evidence of - 1.25?

Yes, except that it is measured on the test set.

Rémi