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Re: Suggestion for improvement of Temperature Map for Cube decisions.
From: |
Philippe Michel |
Subject: |
Re: Suggestion for improvement of Temperature Map for Cube decisions. |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Feb 2024 22:48:44 +0100 |
On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 10:08:49AM +0000, Ian Shaw wrote:
> In the Facebook group Backgammon News, Wayne Joseph raised some
> questions about the values displayed in the Temperature map. I've
> posted extracts from the discussion below for context, but the gist of
> it is.
>
> The user was confused by the equities in the Temperature map being
> normalised to a 1-cube for both cube actions. This obscures the effect
> of doubling the stakes.
>
>
> 1. I think the values in the doubled part of the map should be
> normalised to a 2-cube rather than a 1 cube.
This looks like a bug when the position is from match play. For money
play the numbers are right (or at least they seem reasonable and the
extreme values match the scale).