[computer-go] Suicide question

[Christoph Birk]

On Jan 17, 2008, at 6:11 AM, Don Dailey wrote:
>>
>> On Jan 17, 2008, at 5:44 AM, Don Dailey wrote:
>>> However, I don't remember if I calibrated the graph or whether it's
>>> arbitrary.    It seems like I had a version of gnugo as an  
>>> anchor, but I
>>> don't see it in the graph.    I could have simply extrapolated  
>>> from CGOS
>>> for one of the version.
>>
>> I remember the graph beeing uncalibrated.
> For the purpose of this study  it doesn't matter  whether you  
> calibrate
> the ratings or not.   They are all relative and they are linear  (to
> calibrate, just add or subtract a constant from each rating.)     The
> study was designed to show the value of a doubling.   The study shows
> that  with 11 doublings you gain approximately 1700 ELO points.

I agree.

Christoph