Match scheduling algorithm and team numbers

[Phil Mack]

Originally Posted by waialua359

i'd like to know how the parameters were setup where, in Chesapeake.

the short answer is

MatchMaker -t 60 -r 8 -m 8

You can figure this out for any regional you want to.

MatchMaker takes three parameters for generating a schedule: number of teams playing (60), number of rounds to play(8), and minimum match separation for each team(8). (All other parameters that the program accepts are irrelevant to how the matches are scheduled.)

The first parameter must be the number of teams. The second parameter is dictated by the time available to play the matches. The third parameter of minimum match separation is the only one that is left to discretion.

The third parameter can be found by counting how many matches are between teams' matches. The fewest matches between a pair of matches will be that parameter.

Also, the MatchRater program can be applied to schedules available at http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc...ts.aspx?id=430 offering some insight in the scheduling.

It looks like 75 and 359 just got the short end of the stick on this one, given that there were numerous teams that face 24 distinct opponents. This is a case where the parameters chosen were reasonable(maybe not great, but reasonable), but whoever made the schedule probably ran the program in Default (fast and less effective) instead of Good or Best (which really just runs the same algorithm for longer.)

Better luck next time.
~Phil