From: Oliver Xymoron <oxymoron@waste.org>
To: Con Kolivas <conman@kolivas.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BENCHMARK] Corrected gcc3.2 v gcc2.95.3 contest results
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 11:34:52 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020923163452.GF9726@waste.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1032791089.3d8f2431231ac@kolivas.net>
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 12:24:49AM +1000, Con Kolivas wrote:
>
> That is the system I was considering. I just need to run enough
> benchmarks to make this worthwhile though. That means about 5 for
> each it seems - which may take me a while. A basic mean will suffice
> for a measure of central tendency. I also need to quote some measure
> of variability. Standard deviation?
No, standard deviation is inappropriate here. We have no reason to
expect the distribution of problem cases to be normal or even smooth.
What we'd really like is range and mean. Don't throw out the outliers
either, the pathological cases are of critical interest.
--
"Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-09-23 19:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-09-23 6:55 [BENCHMARK] Corrected gcc3.2 v gcc2.95.3 contest results Con Kolivas
2002-09-23 7:49 ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-23 10:30 ` Con Kolivas
2002-09-23 11:03 ` jw schultz
2002-09-23 12:47 ` Erik Andersen
2002-09-23 13:00 ` Con Kolivas
2002-09-23 13:15 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-09-23 13:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-23 14:09 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-09-23 18:24 ` Andrew Morton
2002-09-23 14:02 ` Ryan Anderson
2002-09-23 14:15 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-09-23 14:24 ` Con Kolivas
2002-09-23 14:34 ` Jakub Jelinek
2002-09-23 16:03 ` Måns Rullgård
2002-09-23 14:43 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-09-24 21:30 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-23 16:34 ` Oliver Xymoron [this message]
2002-09-23 21:47 ` Con Kolivas
2002-09-24 1:12 ` jw schultz
2002-09-24 9:18 ` Jan Hudec
2002-09-23 14:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-23 14:36 ` Con Kolivas
2002-09-24 21:27 ` Bill Davidsen
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0209232236070.27095-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-09-24 2:45 ` Con Kolivas
2002-09-24 3:01 ` Andrew Morton
2002-09-24 9:34 ` Jan Hudec
2002-09-24 13:45 ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-09-24 9:26 ` Con Kolivas
2002-09-24 14:19 ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-09-24 15:47 ` Mark Hahn
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