This is a major release that introduces a new generation of high efficient standings and simulation code
nfl_standings() for high efficient
standings calculation. The functions
compute_division_ranks(),
compute_conference_seeds(), and
compute_draft_order() will be deprecated in a future
release. (#45)nfl_simulations() for a new, highly
efficient approach to season simulations. This is a completely new
design of the simulator, with the aim of achieving significantly faster
run times and eliminating weaknesses in the old approach (in
simulate_nfl()). The introduction of this function is
supplemented by the two new utility functions
nflseedR_compute_results(), and
simulations_verify_fct(). These functions form the new
standard for computing results (if the user does not have their own
function for this) respectively allow verification of the functionality
of their own functions instead of
nflseedR_compute_results(). It is planned that
simulate_nfl() will be deprecated in a future release so
that the dependencies of nflseedR can be significantly reduced.
(#47)nfl_standings_prettify() computes a
gt::gt() table of the output created with
nfl_standings(). (#49)nfl_standings() now supports
tiebreaker_depth = "POINTS" which breaks ties using
combined point ranks and point differentials. This means that all
tiebreakers except net touchdowns are now implemented. (#47)nfl_standings() where the tie breaking
procedure didn’t restart correctly after some teams were eliminated
while some others remained tied. (#47)summary method
summary.nflseedR_simulation() explicitly sets the columns
width of the logo column because those columns are hidden in some
unclear scenarios.summary method
summary.nflseedR_simulation() now requires gt version
v0.9.0 or higher to avoid warnings about deprecated arguments.simulate_nfl() where it crashes because
the “fake schedule” isn’t a tibble. (#43)load_sharpe_games has been deprecated. It
was replaced a fairly long time ago by
nflreadr::load_schedules(). (#47)|> operator. This follows the Tidyverse
R version support rules. (#48)simulate_nfl() gained the new argument
sim_include to allow more access to what is actually being
simulated. This makes it possible skip playoff simulation or the
(possibly heavy) computation of draft order. (#34)summary method
summary.nflseedR_simulation() now hides columns where all
values are NA. This is useful if
simulate_nfl() skips the postseason or draft order. The
method also re-formats the number of simulations in the subtitle,
e.g. from “10000” to “10k” (this requires scales >= 1.2.0, but it is
a good idea to update scales anyways). (#35)simulate_nfl() now uses data.table to combine
simulation rounds data. This is a significant performance improvement.
The returned list "sim_params" now includes the package
version of nflseedR (for debugging) and the current system time when the
simulation was finished. (#36)summary method
summary.nflseedR_simulation() now uses
fmt_pct_special() to format probability strings to avoid
the impression of overconfidence by rounding to integer percentages.
(#37)game_summary to the output of
simulate_nfl() which aggregates matchups across all
simulated seasons (#24)load_sharpe_games() (#24)simulate_nfl() is now of class
nflseedR_simulation which allows the implementation of a
summary() method that computes a gt() table of
the simulation summary data frame. (#26)compute_division_ranks() now outputs losses and ties as
well. (#27)load_sharpe_games() for CRAN testsAdded support for a fake schedule for simulating the upcoming season before the NFL has released the official schedule.
updated the documentation of the function
load_sharpe_games() with the new columns
away_qb_id, home_qb_id,
away_qb_name and home_qb_name.