# Expected end time (in minutes) for each exercise exercise_timing = [ 55, 85, 130 ]; # Counting parameters for each of the 3 exercises # - a1, a2, a3: time bonus for each set of 5 minutes passing # - b1, b2, b3: time bonus for each completed exercise # - r1, r2, r3: time reference for each exercise (counted in "set of 5 minutes") # - z1, z2, z3: time penalty for each set of 5 minutes late according to the reference time rX for the exercise counting_params = { 1, 2, 3, 55, 25, 29, num2cell(exercise_timing / 5){:}, 1, 2, 3 }; # Time resolution (5 minutes) step = 5; # The timeframe to graph (2h30m) timeframe = [ 0, 150 ]; # Time vector t = [ timeframe(1) : step : timeframe(2) ]; # Defines a counting mechanism with a time bonus function y = count_with_time (student_params, counting_params, step, timeframe) # Timing variables [ t0, t1, t2, t3, tmax ] = num2cell(idivide(int32 ([ timeframe(1), student_params, timeframe(2) ]), step)){:}; # Counting weights a0 = 0; [a1, a2, a3, b1, b2, b3, r1, r2, r3, z1, z2, z3] = counting_params{:}; y = [ timeframe(1) : step : timeframe(2) ] * 0; val = 0; for i = 1:length(y) tx = i - 1; if (tx == t1) val += b1 + (r1 - tx) * z1; elseif (tx == t2) val += b2 + (r2 - tx) * z2; elseif (tx == t3) val += b3 + (r3 - tx) * z3; elseif (tx > t3) val += a3; elseif (tx > t2) val += a2; elseif (tx > t1) val += a1; elseif (tx > t0) val += a0; else endif y(i) = val; endfor endfunction # Unit tests y = count_with_time([55, 85, 130], counting_params, step, timeframe) y = count_with_time([50, 75, 115], counting_params, step, timeframe) y = count_with_time([60, 95, 145], counting_params, step, timeframe) # Graph parameters figure(1); clf(1); set(1, "defaulttextfontsize", 8); set(1, "defaultaxesfontsize", 4); xlabel("time"); ylabel("points"); title("Points awarded for each exercise with both a time bonus and an accelerator"); xlim([0 150]); ylim([0 165]); # There will be multiple series on the same figure hold on; # End-of-exercise markers line("xdata", [ 55, 55 ], "ydata", [ 0, 165 ], "linewidth", 2, "linestyle", "--", "color", "#777777"); text(55,0, "Expected end of \nexercise Hero ", "rotation", 90, "horizontalalignment", "right", "fontsize", 3, "fontunits", "points"); line("xdata", [ 85, 85 ], "ydata", [ 0, 165 ], "linewidth", 2, "linestyle", "--", "color", "#777777"); text(85,0, "Expected end of \nexercise Villain ", "rotation", 90, "horizontalalignment", "right", "fontsize", 3, "fontunits", "points"); line("xdata", [ 130, 130 ], "ydata", [ 0, 165 ], "linewidth", 2, "linestyle", "--", "color", "#777777"); text(130,0, "Expected end of \nexercise Fight ", "rotation", 90, "horizontalalignment", "right", "fontsize", 3, "fontunits", "points"); # Linear progression (for reference) l1 = plot(t, t, "-;Linear progression: 1 point per minute;", "linewidth", 2); # on-time user y = count_with_time([55, 85, 130], counting_params, step, timeframe); l2 = plot (t, y, "-;normal user;", "linewidth", 4); # early user y = count_with_time([50, 75, 115], counting_params, step, timeframe); l3 = plot (t, y, "-;early user;", "linewidth", 4); # late user y = count_with_time([60, 95, 145], counting_params, step, timeframe); l4 = plot (t, y, "-;late user;", "linewidth", 4); # Set axes line width set(gca, "linewidth", 2) # End of multiple series on the same figure hold off; # Legende legend([l1, l2, l3, l4], "location", "northwest", "fontsize", 5, "fontunits", "points"); # Save figure as PNG file print(gcf, "counting-scheme-with-time.tmp.png", "-dpng", "-S4096,2160"); # Add an alpha channel and remove the white background (requires GraphicsMagick) system('gm convert counting-scheme-with-time.tmp.png -transparent white counting-scheme-with-time.png');