[FVC]: Analysis Shows Improvement Possible in Ranking System

[gblake]

Originally Posted by billw

Previously, I’ve mentioned that I thought grouping teams in lots of four and then having them play three matches against each other (in each possible combination of the pairings) would speed things up and might also provide a better selection mechanism.

Bill,

With ManicMechanic, I have been working on a match scheduling program that will use some heuristics to produce (and display/print in attractive formats) match schedules for N teams each playing M matches.

Assuming nothing knocks the train off the tracks, and no one finds a fatal flaw in your analysis; I should be able to fairly easily include an option that creates matche schedules of the ilk you describe. Assuming MM & I succeed, local leagues and FVC APs will have a tool that will help them employ the approach you describe.

Blake
PS: There might even be value in combining the two efforts (my non-random match schedules fed into your simulations so that the simulations don't have to use random pairings in the match assignments).