[Csci551-talk] Re: [Cs551] means and stdev

[Xi Wang]

> "run the algorithms 5 times for each combination and report the means 
> and standard deviation."
> 
> Let's consider running algorithm R with 10 peers. I get 5 experiments, 
> each with 10 running times. I could report 5 mean/stdevs, one for each 
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Not 10 readings - you should get one overall time. Count the time from 
beginning to the point when the last node finishes downloading.

> run, or the mean/stdev of all peers over all experiments. Which is desired?


-Xi