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Stop Ranking Agent Configs by Average Score

Best-worst comparisons, MaxDiff-style judging, and Plackett-Luce utility scores give agent teams a cleaner way to decide which configs to ship, prune, and route toward next. The post Stop Ranking Agent Configs by Average Score appeared first on Towards Data Science.

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•Best-worst comparisons, MaxDiff-style judging, and Plackett-Luce utility scores give agent teams a cleaner way to decide which configs to ship, prune, and route toward next. The post Stop Ranking Agent Configs by Average Score appeared first on Towards Data Science.
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