She ’s still wide regarded as one of the greatest mystery writers ever , but coming up on what would be her hundred-and-twenty-fifth birthday , a group of academic has managed to make an algorithm that canaccurately predict which character will sprain out to be the killerin an Agatha Christie novel .
A control board of academics , including datum analyst and researchers from Queen ’s University in Belfast , analyzed 27 of the 83 novels print by Agatha Christie during her lifetime and key out that the storey ’s location , mode of transport , and the nature of the dupe ’s death were all important hint to solving the enigma .
It was also discovered that how the perpetrator was introduced served as a key clew to the mystery story . When the killer was a female , Christie tend to apply a more negative sentiment when enclose the persona . But when the killer was male , the word patterns used to note or come up to the character were more neutral or plus .
Even where and how the victim was murdered revealed patterns into who the killer was . If they were cramp , 75 pct of the prison term it was by a serviceman . But if they were murdered out in the country , there was a 75 percent chance a charwoman was responsible for the human action . And it was these patterns in the data point that allowed the jury to develop an algorithm that could , and with a surprising degree of truth , solve many of Agatha Christie ’s mysteries .
That being let out , it ’s still far more enjoyable to just learn the books and seek to lick them yourself .
[ The Guardian ]
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