Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by sprt 3063 days ago
What does SPRT stand for in that context?
1 comments

Sequential probability ratio test, it is essentially a test that distinguishes between two hypotheses with high probability.

In the case of Leela Zero the idea is to train new networks continuously and have them fight against the current best network, which is replaced only when a new network is statistically stronger, according to SPRT.