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authorNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2021-08-17 09:33:12 -0400
committerNick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org>2021-08-17 09:33:12 -0400
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Clarify tiebreaker rules when computing X_m
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@@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ of their choices.
Instead of using the mode of discrete build times directly, Tor clients
compute the Xm parameter using the weighted average of the the midpoints
of the 'cbtnummodes' (10) most frequently occurring 10ms histogram bins.
+ Ties are broken in favor of earlier bins.
+
(The use of 10 modes was found to minimize error from the selected
cbtquantile, with 10ms bins for quantiles 60-80, compared to many other
heuristics).