On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 11:55:11AM -0400, Ronald J Kimball wrote:
> On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 05:39:53PM +0200, Eugene van der Pijll wrote:
> > BoB could be. But as the best scores per hole are known, that does not
> > add any new information, so BoB decided that he would post his best
> > solution that he wrote himself.
>
> I disagree. Since BoB's score could be lower than the best player score
> (or the sum of the best scores) by combining features from various
> solutions, having BoB's score be *higher* than the best score doesn't tell
> you anything.
[...]
> Basically, what's the point in calling it Best of Breed if it isn't?
I always understod BoB as a 'best solution found combining ideas from
the submissions'. It somehow doesn't feel correct to just copy the best
solution without any improvement. That said, if you all think we should
just copy the best if we find no way to improve it, we will do it.
CU,
Sec
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