09 Feb 10
Originally posted by KazetNagorraMmm... One would have to make assumptions about how the distribution of opponents depends on the player's ranking, but I suppose that's true.
Sure, but it's at least feasible to correct for this one mathematically.
Either way, until we solve the...err...simpler...problem then adding extra layers isn't going to help.
09 Feb 10
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Originally posted by KazetNagorraOnly numerically, but we haven't found a closed form solution. It's much harder than it looks, that's why it's a good one. It's not statistics, it's probability theory. Not the same thing.
Hasn't it been solved yet? Doesn't look so hard, but I find statistics to be rather boring so I'm not going to attempt it.