3.6 List of all parameters
General parameters
groupname- The name of the group that this Felo file belongs to. A fencing club is
divided in the weapons, i.e. one group for each weapon and thus
one Felo file. If appropriate, you may distinguish between women and
men as well, however, we didn't do this because we fence mixed anyway.
If you don't give a groupname, Felo constructs one from the filename.
For example, the file foil.felo gets the groupname “Foil”.
Plot and HTML parameters
These parameters modify the appearance of the plot and the handling of
the HTML output, see Putting the Felo ratings on the Web.
output folder- The folder to which the HTML files as well as the plot (if there is one)
are written. Its default is the folder of the Felo file.
min distance of plot tics- The shotest distance in days between two training days in the plot that
get a text label. This avoids two labels to overlap. (Default:
7)
earliest date in plot- The start day in the plot, i.e. from this day on training days are
included in the plot. The format must be YYYY-MM-DD as usual.
(Default: 1980-01-01)
maximal days in plot- The maximal number of day being included in the plot. This prevents the
plot from becoming too tight due to a large time interval being covered.
(Default: 366)
fencers per plot- Maximal number of fencers in one plot. (Default: 30)
overlap in plots- Number of fencers who are present in both of two adjacent plots.
(Default: 5)
The following parameters are only interesting to Windows users. On
Linux, these programs are usually found without problems. For
information about installing these programs, see Installation of auxiliary programs.
path of gnuplot- The full path to gnuplot. On Windows, the file is called
wgnuplot.exe. If Felo doesn't find the file, it says in the
error message where it looked for it. This should give you a clue how
to remedy.
path of convert- The full path to convert of ImageMagick. On Windows, the file is called
convert.exe. If Felo doesn't find the file, it says in the
error message where it looked for it. This should give you a clue how
to remedy.
Parameters for estimating initial Felo ratings
5 point bouts for estimate- The number of 5 point bouts that a freshman must have in order to
be estimated by Felo, see Estimating freshmen. This bout number is
only a guiding value as the exact number depends on the actual results.
Besides, 10 or 15 point bouts count more. (Default: 10)
threshold bootstrapping- The minimal accuracy of the initial Felo ratings that Felo calculates
during bootstrapping, see Initial Felo ratings for the whole group.
If the bootstrapping fails, you should increase this parameter,
e.g. by a factor of 10. (Default: 0.001)
Special parameters for calculating Felo ratings
These parameters should only be used if you really know what you're
doing.
k factor top fencers- The k factor which is used for very good fencers.
(Default: 25)
felo rating top fencers- The minimal Felo rating of a top fencer. If a fencer exceeds this limit
once, he or she is listed as a top fencer. This only changes the
k factor. (Default: 2400)
k factor others- The k factor used for ordinary fencers. (Default: 32)
k factor freshmen- The k factor used for (already estimated) freshmen. Because their
number must find its true value yet, their k factor usually is a
little bit higher than for ordinary fencers. (Default: 40)
5 point bouts freshmen- The number of 5 point bouts that a freshman must have fenced in
order to become an ordinary – or regular – fencer. This only changes
the k factor. This bout number is only a guiding value as the
exact number depends on the actual results. Besides, 10 or
15 point bouts count more. (Default: 15)
minimal felo rating- The lowest possible Felo rating. If a fencer would drop below this
limit, his rating is set exactly to this limit. (Default: 1200)
weighting team bout- Single bouts within a team match – or other bouts – are weighted like
5 point bouts if they are marked with ‘*’,
see Additional data for bouts. This parameter is the number of
typical 5 point bouts which are supposed to be equivalent to a bout
marked with ‘*’. (Default: 1.0)