kylekap/relativeplacement

Python code to determine relative placement rankings in a competition

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Output the relative placement scores of each competitior

This project is intended to meet the requirements of PEP-518 and PEP-621, removing the setup.py file and having only minor use of setup.cfg (intended at this time only for flake8 support)

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Relative Placements

1. Determine Majority

• Find at what number the majority of each contestants rankings are <=. This determines the first round of relative placements - lower the # the better the rank. This serves as the primary differentiator.

2. Sum Total

• If the majority determination results in competitors sharing a number, find the sum of the rankings that resulted in that majority.
• This is a tiebreaker mechanic.

3. Next lowest

• If Sum Total produces the same results, the next level tiebreaker is to determine the next lowest ranking a competitor has. The lowest # will be ranked better.
• This is a tiebreaker mechanic.

4. Equal Scores

• If Majority, Sum Total, and Next Lowest all produce equal results for 2 or more competitors, evaluate those competitors as if they were a contest. This means, for each judge, re-number the rankings against each other.
• This is a tiebreaker mechnic.

5. Ties

• If the scores end up as such that 1-4 fail to differentiate, it is encouraged to leave the competitors as a tie.
• Alternatively, a "tiebreaker" can be determined by designating one judge as a head judge, whose ranking will serve to differentiate the contestants.