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Re: Most developed conlang

From:<morphemeaddict@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 14:02
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>