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Stuart Send message Joined: 7 Jan 12 Posts: 13 Credit: 185,779 RAC: 0 |
I am new to this... does it mean average credits per work unit? This doesn't seem to be explained anywhere.. Thanks |
Jord Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 15184 Credit: 4,362,181 RAC: 3 |
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BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0 |
http://boincfaq.mundayweb.com/ http://boincfaq.mundayweb.com/index.php?language=1&view=2 http://www.boinc-wiki.info/Category:BOINC_Glossary http://www.boinc-wiki.info/Recent_Average_Credit  - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :)  |
Stuart Send message Joined: 7 Jan 12 Posts: 13 Credit: 185,779 RAC: 0 |
Thanks both. Not really sure I understand the calculation. If it's an average, I was expecting the numerator to be total credit and the denominator to be something like number of days, or number of projects or some such. So, on day one, I'd expect total credit to equal average credit. But it doesn't seem to work like that. |
BilBg Send message Joined: 27 May 07 Posts: 3720 Credit: 9,385,827 RAC: 0 |
It's not just Average (Credit/day) over the years, it's Recent Average Credit. The formula is based on week so when your account is one week old try Credit/7 and see is this = to your RAC (I'm not sure) After you accumulate some statistics (days) (now your page shows "Insufficient data available for charts") you will be able to see some graphs: http://boincstats.com/stats/user_graph.php?pr=sah&id=9639114 My: http://boincstats.com/stats/user_graph.php?pr=sah&id=8647488 Â - ALF - "Find out what you don't do well ..... then don't do it!" :) Â |
Stuart Send message Joined: 7 Jan 12 Posts: 13 Credit: 185,779 RAC: 0 |
ok. Thanks for that. I guess it's just something that has to "spool up" as I remain active for longer... :) |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
I believe it is an exponentially reducing average with a half life of 2 weeks. The basic principle is that tasks that are two weeks old have half the value of tasks completed now. 4 weeks old have half the value of two weeks old... BOINC WIKI |
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