[tor-talk] How to select the path using the weights?

[katmagic]

On Thu, 2011-05-12 at 21:42 -0400, Lu Yu wrote:
> I know how these weights (Wgg, Wgm .....) are calculated. But then what?
> 
> How to choose the path using the weights? My understanding is to 
> calculate the weighted sum of the bandwidth of each possible circuits 
> (Isn't the computation too much?). And then choose the path with the 
> maximum bandwidth (Then every one would choose the same path)? Or using 
> the bandwidth to build some probability distribution?
> 
> I am totally confused.
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The bandwidths are used to build a probability distribution.
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