Look here:

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=2194480

you see 4 claimed credits with
25,89; 34,60; 54,18; 52,18
but
43,39
were granted

Any ideas???

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43,39 = 34,60+52,18 / 2

But I see no sense???

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> Look here:
>
> http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/workunit.php?wuid=2194480
>
> you see 4 claimed credits with
> 25,89; 34,60; 54,18; 52,18
> but
> 43,39
> were granted
>
> Any ideas???
>
>

Yes 43.39 is the average of the 34.60 and 52.18 - in this case it took an average.

Edit: the oddest thing is the 25.89 came in on Sept 30 but then got 43.39

If min_quorum = 2, normally 2 results is used then validated, and in this case the smallest of the 2 claimed credits decides the crediting. LHC is using min_quorum = 2.

If min_quorum = 3 or higher, atleast 3 results is used then validated. In this instance the highest & lowest claimed is discarded, and the rest is averaged.
Seti@home is using min_quorum = 3, so normally the middle is avarded.

But if one user misses his deadline but returns a little later, a new "result" was immediately generated then passed the deadline and sent out. With backlogged or offline Validator it's therefore possible 4 or more results is waiting for validation, and you'll get the average after highest & lowest is discarded.

Here is an interesting WU result.

It ended up being sent to 7 machines.

The first 3 times no systems returned any results, then it had to be sent out again after the deadline passed...and one of those 2nd stage machines had download errors..so yet another.

http://setiweb.ssl.berkeley.edu/sah/workunit.php?wuid=1683161

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