Re: Most developed conlang

In a message dated 4/25/2007 6:44:40 AM Central Daylight Time,
theiling@ABSINT.COM writes:


> > Maybe it would be better to multiply the
> > _transparency_ scores rather than _opacity_ scores,
> >
> > (1 - n_0) * ( 1 - n_1) * (1 - n_2 )....
> > in this case,
> > (1 - 0.95) * ( 1 - 0.20 ) * ( 1 - 0 )
> > = 0.05 * 0.80
> > = 0.04 (transaprency)
> >
> > and then subtract that from 1 to get its
> > opacity score, = 0.96.
>
> You are absolutely right, that's much more sensible.  I had actually
> mixed up the two levels.
>
> But we might agree that this type of math may be mainly for fun
> anyway. :-)
>
Maybe something similar to the type of formula used by the Mycin expert
system to determine relevance and priority.  It wasn't straight multiplication, nor
plain addition.  But I can't remember the details.

stevo   </HTML>