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eXtreme Gammon question

Posted By: Maik Stiebler
Date: Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 9:44 a.m.

In Response To: eXtreme Gammon question (Bob Koca)

I'm also for a more Bayesian viewpoint in backgammon statistics.

Your technique of asserting the best play based on a 95% confidence RO actually gets it right more than 95% of the time.

I wonder if and how this can be generalized.

To further confuse the issue, suppose we rollout two plays which we just know can only be a smidgen of equity apart (say, they represent different ways of shuffling checkers in your homeboard) and a 216 trials rollout without VR tells us the jsd is 0.100 and the number of jsd's separating the plays is 2.4. I would not bet that the winning play is actually better at 1/100 odds.

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• eXtreme Gammon question
  Michael Depreli -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 12:32 p.m.
  • eXtreme Gammon question
    Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 12:35 p.m.
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      Michael Depreli -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 12:39 p.m.
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        Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 4:30 p.m.
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          Keene -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 5:13 p.m.
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            neilkaz -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 5:27 p.m.
            • eXtreme Gammon question
              Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 5:43 p.m.
              • eXtreme Gammon question
                Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 6:38 p.m.
                • eXtreme Gammon question
                  Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 8:09 p.m.
                  • eXtreme Gammon question
                    Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 8:35 p.m.
                    • eXtreme Gammon question
                      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 11:35 p.m.
                  • eXtreme Gammon question
                    Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 5:09 p.m.
          • eXtreme Gammon question
            Phil Simborg -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 5:40 p.m.
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            Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 6:52 p.m.
            • eXtreme Gammon question
              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 8:16 p.m.
              • eXtreme Gammon question
                Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 12:11 a.m.
            • eXtreme Gammon question
              Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 8:31 p.m.
              • eXtreme Gammon question
                Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 8:48 p.m.
                • eXtreme Gammon question
                  Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 8:58 p.m.
              • eXtreme Gammon question
                Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 11:59 p.m.
                • eXtreme Gammon question
                  Bob Koca -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 4:08 a.m.
                  • eXtreme Gammon question
                    Maik Stiebler -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 9:44 a.m.
                    • eXtreme Gammon question
                      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 11:04 a.m.
                      • eXtreme Gammon question
                        Maik Stiebler -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 1:06 p.m.
                        • eXtreme Gammon question
                          Bob Koca -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 4:32 p.m.
                    • eXtreme Gammon question
                      Timothy Chow -- Friday, 28 August 2009, at 5:46 p.m.
                      • eXtreme Gammon question
                        Maik Stiebler -- Friday, 28 August 2009, at 6:08 p.m.
                        • eXtreme Gammon question
                          Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 29 August 2009, at 12:22 a.m.
                      • eXtreme Gammon question
                        Maik Stiebler -- Saturday, 29 August 2009, at 10:22 a.m.
                  • eXtreme Gammon question
                    Ian Shaw -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 11:48 a.m.
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                      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 12:07 p.m.
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                        Tom Keith -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 2:44 p.m.
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                          MaX -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 3:33 p.m.
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                            Tom Keith -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 5:13 p.m.
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                              Bob Koca -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 5:57 p.m.
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                              MaX -- Friday, 28 August 2009, at 6:38 a.m.
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                                Bob Koca -- Friday, 28 August 2009, at 5:09 p.m.
                        • eXtreme Gammon question
                          Chuck Bower -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 6:40 p.m.
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                            MaX -- Friday, 28 August 2009, at 6:51 a.m.
                • eXtreme Gammon question
                  Bob Koca -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 4:11 a.m.
            • eXtreme Gammon question
              Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 8:56 p.m.
              • eXtreme Gammon question
                MaX -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 7:34 a.m.
            • eXtreme Gammon question
              Tom Keith -- Thursday, 27 August 2009, at 1:16 a.m.
              • eXtreme Gammon question
                Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 29 August 2009, at 12:30 a.m.
                • eXtreme Gammon question
                  Tom Keith -- Saturday, 29 August 2009, at 12:55 p.m.
                  • eXtreme Gammon question
                    Bob Koca -- Saturday, 29 August 2009, at 7:51 p.m.
                    • eXtreme Gammon question
                      Tom Keith -- Saturday, 29 August 2009, at 8:16 p.m.
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                        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 29 August 2009, at 10:36 p.m.
                      • eXtreme Gammon question
                        Bob Koca -- Sunday, 30 August 2009, at 1:55 a.m.
        • Confidence level calculation?
          playBunny -- Wednesday, 26 August 2009, at 8:29 p.m.
          • Confidence level calculation?
            playBunny -- Friday, 28 August 2009, at 4:33 p.m.