From 0253320c01ff18eab97cde0bc74e13184a8a7487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: emkael Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:32:19 +0100 Subject: * race and rating chronology disambiguation (+documentation) --- doc/races.txt | 2 +- doc/results.txt | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/races.txt b/doc/races.txt index e3ae7c7..2ca20da 100644 --- a/doc/races.txt +++ b/doc/races.txt @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Races included in the standings: * all non-championship races run to contemporary or nearly contemporary Formula One regulations since 1950, apart from national championship series (so Races of Champions, International Trophies, Bologna Sprints or non-championship Grands Prix are included, but Aurora F1, Tasman Series or South African F1 races are excluded) * some of the 1952-53 non-championship Formula Two races (including these with substantial WDC drivers appearence, such as French Formula Two Championship races and some other arbitrary races) * all post-War, pre-1950 Grandes Épreuves races (which includes some 1946 races from before F1 regulations and excludes majority of F1-compliant races from 1947 onwards) - * races with mixed formula entries (e.g. F1/F2 or F1/FLibre) are separated by class and only F1 class (and F2 class in 1952-53) is scored + * races with mixed formula entries (e.g. F1/F2 or F1/FLibre) are separated by class and only F1 class (and F2 class in 1952-53) is scored, apart from joined F1-F2 World Championship races (German Grands Prix from 50s and 60s and 1958 Moroccan GP) Race importance factor: * WCoD and FOWC race importance constitutes 100% of base value diff --git a/doc/results.txt b/doc/results.txt index 13a56f3..43dda5b 100644 --- a/doc/results.txt +++ b/doc/results.txt @@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ After separating session results into groups, all entries from non-"0" groups fo All such duels are then treated as input for Elo rating algorithm. Specific rules regarding Elo implementation for this application's purposes: - * rankings are applied (evaluated) after each session ("tournament") + * rankings are applied (evaluated) after each session (note: debug information for Bologna Sprints does not display correct "previous" ratings: ratings are applied after each heat, yeat debug info displays inital rating from before the event; this applies to any possible situation in which drivers take part in multiple sessions in one day) * no minimum rating limit for driver is enforced - * drivers are rated from their first entry (there's no initial grace period) + * drivers are rated from their first entry (there's no initial grace period, see: challenges.txt) * shared drive entries have the effective ranking equal to the average ranking of drivers sharing the drive; pending ranking points from duels of such entries are divided equally between drivers sharing the drive * driver group disparity is varied to accommodate for dynamic shifts of relative performance within the F1 field (caused by technical changes) - see below @@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ Specific parameters which are configurable: * duel importance (base, i.e. for drivers ranked below importance thresholds) for all race types * importance thresholds (for 50% of base importance and 75% of base importance) -All calculation is rounded to 2 decimal places. +All calculation is rounded to 2 decimal places at each rating cycle. -- cgit v1.2.3