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From: park@netcom.com (Bill Park)
Subject: Re: *** REMOVING PATTERNED COMBINATIONS WITH NEURAL NETS***
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In article <D.Heley.304.000C6862@BoM.GOV.AU> D.Heley@BoM.GOV.AU (News
   Reader) writes:

> *** REMOVING PATTERNED COMBINATIONS FROM BASE COMBO POOL ***
> Does any one have any experience in algorithmic methods used to remove
> combination patterns from ticket generation data. ?
> 
> Would neural network software algorrithms be of any use ?
> 
> eg to remove combo patterns like 2,4,6,8,10,12
> 3,6,9,12,15,18,21
> 5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40
> 1,2,3,4,5,6
> 34,12,23,24,25,26
> 43,16,34,4,6,8
> 
> etc......................
> 
> Does anyone know what percentage of patterned combinations that are
> unlikely to arise ?
> what percentage of patterned combos from 3  number combos ?
> 4 numbered combos ?   5 numbered combos & 6 number combos to 6 digits ? etc.
> 
> I have never seen more than a four number combo pattern in lotto data

Please define "combo patterns," preferably mathematically.

I think this is one of those Zen questions, in which enlightenment comes
by inverting it.  For example, ...

	How would you prove that a pattern is NOT a combo pattern?

> This is important to me !

Why?  I am curious.

Bill Park
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	"Any sequence of numbers is the list of stations on someone's
	subway line."

				-- Euclid

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