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Scoring algorithm change #6

Open psifertex opened 9 years ago

psifertex commented 9 years ago

placeholder to start a discussion about the scoring algorithm and whether other approaches might work better. Could be implemented in a "beta" mode initially to tested. Heck, with the API, someone else could (should) try a few alternate algorithms out and post the results here so they could be discussed.

kyprizel commented 9 years ago

There were ideas to add ELO rating, not sure if it's applicable here.

psifertex commented 9 years ago

Yup, ELO and TrueSkill were two suggestions I've heard and am interested in seeing. TrueSkill is encumbered with patents (and trademark), but last time I checked it out, it looks like you can use the algorithm for non-profit uses as long as you call it something else.

kyprizel commented 9 years ago

We need to take some decision