STAMP (Statistical Team Analysis of Match Performance) is off and running!

[Ethulin]

Thats right, STAMP is live and well and under development.

Check it out at:
http://stampscouting.org/

Currently all the input pages have ben designed.

The development schedule runs as this:
Fri. Feb 3: Database design will be finished
Fri. Feb 10: Link input pages to database
Fri. Feb 17: Output pages finished
- BETA RELEASE 1 -
Fri. Feb 24: All bugs fixed
- Official 1.0 release

There will be intermittent release afterward based on feedback.

Incase you missed out what STAMP was all about:
What makes STAMP so different?
What will make STAMP so different is the kind of data it collects, and therefore the kind of information you have on a team. STAMP allows the user to input and then display how a team acts on a variety of criteria during the match and therefore be able to predict how team will act in the future.

Why should we use STAMP instead of gathering qualitative data about a team or robot?
There are a few reasons. Firstly you need to take a step back and look at what you are doing this for. What we want as scouts is to be able to A know what our opponents are going to do and B know who to pick in an alliance. To achieve that what you really need to know is how a robot performed in a way that you can compare to other teams. The second reason is that performance never lies, though someone who has been milling a machine for the past 6 weeks tends to try to talk up their bot. STAMP gives you the truth, no frills attached.

What is STAMP written in?
STAMP is written in PHP and HTML, using mySQL as a database.

What software do I need to run STAMP?
You will need a webserver such as Apache, PHP, and mySQL. You may also want PHPMyAdmin which will make editing tables much easier. If you have a windows or linux box that will be running STAMP then you should consider getting XAMPP. XAMPP has Apache, PHP and mySQL all in one easy installer and one very easy to use interface to manage them.

Thanks to the multi-team development team, in specific:
Team 93:
Brandon Ripley
Jeremy Johnson
Stephen Baumler
Brent Denton

Team 492:
Erik Thulin
Ryan Mcelroy

Team 180:
Jon Cohen

Again, http://www.stampscouting.org