tournament(...)

Syntax

def tournament(bots, game, per_game=[2], t_type='ao'):

• bots - a list of bots to compete

• game - a game function, to be passed a list of bots an return a dictionary, list or string. A string represents the filename of the winning bot, a list the order in which the bots came (best first) and a dictionary should contain filename: score value pairs.

• per_game - an iterable containing all valid numbers of bots to take part in a game

• t_type - the type of tournament. Theis should be:

  • a - play a game with every possible combination of bots, ao means order matters (more games)
  • e - play the minimum number of games such that every player has played the same number of games
  • s - play the minimum games so that everyone has played at least x times, eg. s6, s243
  • g - run it in near-even groups, then take the top x for the next round etc.

  You can add l to the type, followed by a number to specify that the above chosen games should be repeated until the player in first place has a y point lead over the second, eg g4l50

Return

A dictionary of filename: points value pairs.

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Note: this function has not been fully implemented yet