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FIBS rating formula From:   Patti Beadles Address:   pattib@mauve.rahul.net Date:   18 December 2003 Subject:   Re: rating formula Forum:   rec.games.backgammon Google:   brsp6v$7s1$1@blue.rahul.net Here is what you get when you ask FIBS for it's rating formula: > help formula NAME formula - The formulas used to calculate rating changes DESCRIPTION These are the formulas used to determine the ratings of a player: Let's say that two players P1 and P2 were playing a n-point match. The ratings of the players are r1 for P1 and r2 for P2 . Let D = abs(r1-r2) (rating difference) Let P_upset = 1/(10^(D*sqrt(n)/2000)+1) (probability that underdog wins) Let P=1-P_upset if the underdog wins and P=P_upset if the favorite wins. For the winner: Let K = max ( 1 , -experience/100+5 ) The rating change is: 4*K*sqrt(n)*P For the loser: Let K = max ( 1 , -experience/100+5 ) The rating change is: -4*K*sqrt(n)*P The 'experience' of a player is the sum of the lengths of all matches a player has finished. Every player starts with a rating of 1500 and an experience of 0. SEE ALSO ratings > Let's walk through this in English. D is the difference in the two ratings. If you're rated 1850 and I'm rated 1750, then D=100. Easy enough. n is the match length. The real workhorse of the formula is in the P_upset line; that calculates the probability of the lower-ranked player winning the match. P then becomes P_upset if the lower-rated player wins, or 1 - P_upset if the higher-rated player wins. K is the factor that scales for people with lower experience. Once a player hits 400 experience, K is always 1. So essentially, the winner get 4 * the square root of the match length * the probability of his winning, and the loser loses that much. -Patti -- Patti Beadles, Oakland, CA | pattib@gammon.com | Going to war over religion is http://www.gammon.com/ | basically arguing over who has the Check out www.tribe.net! | better imaginary friend.   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Ratings

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