From: Bill Kelly <billk@...>
Date: 2008-02-20T20:06:15+09:00
Subject: Re: The Smallest Circle (#157)


From: "ThoML" <micathom@gmail.com>
> 
> Anyway, I can offer some accuracy tests with random point sets (size
> 1..100).
>
>      s_tml2.rb | s_billk.rb | s_billk2.rb | s_lionel.rb | s_frank.rb | s_justin.rb
> Min: 0.0000    | 0.0000     | 0.0000      | 0.0000      | 0.0004     | 0.0000
> Max: 0.0225    | 0.0795     | 0.0422*     | 0.0140      | 0.0063*    | 0.0817
> Avg: 0.0027    | 0.0297     | -------     | 0.0017      | 0.0058     | 0.0115
> 
> [*] Slightly invalid results, maybe the center isn't quite where it
> should be?

I don't quite understand how to interpret the numbers?

But I have to ask.. which is billk vs. billk2 ?  If billk2 is less
accurate, would I be correct in assuming it is the naive bounding
box version?


Thanks,

Bill