Chip Turner wrote:
> On 2005-12-26 15:05:21 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>
>> I believe not; the Monty Hall problem is biased by the fact that the
>> presenter knows where the prize is, and eliminates one box accordingly.
>> Where boxes are eliminated at random, it's impossible for any given
>>
On 2005-12-26 15:05:21 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I believe not; the Monty Hall problem is biased by the fact that the
> presenter knows where the prize is, and eliminates one box accordingly.
> Where boxes are eliminated at random, it's impossible for any given
> box to have a higher proba
[snip]
>
> What I would really like to know, is how they calculate the offer.
> Obviously, they set the upper limit at the average of the still standing
> offers, but I wonder if and how they take subsequent rounds into
> consideration. Is there a "Monty Hall"
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty
Rocco Moretti wrote:
> rbt wrote:
>
>> The TV show on NBC in the USA running this week during primetime (Deal
>> or No Deal). I figure there are roughly 10, maybe 15 contestants. They
>> pick a briefcase that has between 1 penny and 1 million bucks and then
>> play this silly game where NBC tries
rbt wrote:
> The TV show on NBC in the USA running this week during primetime (Deal
> or No Deal). I figure there are roughly 10, maybe 15 contestants. They
> pick a briefcase that has between 1 penny and 1 million bucks and then
> play this silly game where NBC tries to buy the briefcase from
Bengt Richter wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:29:49 -0500, rbt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> The house almost always wins or are my assumptions wrong...
>>
>> import random
>>
>> amounts = [.01, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 750,
>>1000, 5000, 1, 25000, 5, 75
On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:29:49 -0500, rbt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The house almost always wins or are my assumptions wrong...
>
>import random
>
>amounts = [.01, 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 750,
>1000, 5000, 1, 25000, 5, 75000, 10, 20,
>
