Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of ValidationSimple

Timestamp:

Mar 7, 2008, 12:59:51 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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ValidationSimple

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+== Other credit-granting formulas ==
+
+'''stddev_credit()'''
+
+Useful for 3 or more valid results.
+Computes basic stats for the claimed credits and if they are all close together it averages them.
+If some are close together but there are a couple of outliers, then it will average the results within the cluster and ignore the outliers.
+
+'''two_credit()'''
+Useful for 2 valid results.
+It will average them if they claimed credits are close together.
+If they aren't, then it will compare each claimed credit against that computers historical granted credit per cpu sec
+to see which one is claiming closer to their historical average.
+It will use grant credit to both computers with the claimed credit that is closer to the historical value.
+This is helps grant the most appropriate credit for situations where there is a computer that always claims
+too low or a computer that always claims too high.