RichardKennaway comments on The Weighted Majority Algorithm - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 13 November 2008 09:49:08PM 0 points [-]

g: Indeed I was. Easier than performing an analytical calculation and sufficiently rigorous for the present purpose. (The optimal weights, on the other hand, are log(p/(1-p)), by an argument that is both easier and more rigorous than a simulation.)