Re^3: Node Tension

[Roy Johnson]

I get pleasing results with this formula:

sub tension {
  my ($hi, $lo) = @_;
  $lo or return 0;
  2 * log($lo)/log($hi + .1);
}

where $hi is the higher number of votes (whichever direction) and $lo is the number of votes in the other direction. Any result above 1 represents an interesting amount of tension, IMO. Here's a table of results:

Hi #	Lo #	Tension
3	3	1.9420
8	3	1.0504
8	8	1.9881
20	3	0.7322
20	8	1.3860
20	20	1.9967
50	3	0.5614
50	8	1.0626
50	20	1.5308
50	50	1.9990
90	3	0.4882
90	8	0.9240
90	20	1.3312
90	50	1.7383
90	90	1.9995