safety_weight |
0.7 |
Weight multiplier for safety-related metrics |
performance_weight |
0.55 |
Weight multiplier for performance metrics |
comfort_weight |
0.4 |
Weight multiplier for comfort metrics |
value_weight |
0.45 |
Weight multiplier for value-for-money metrics |
user_reviews_weight |
0.15 |
How much user reviews contribute to the final score |
test_data_weight |
0.8 |
How much professional test data contributes to the final score |
consistency_weight |
0.05 |
How much score consistency contributes to the final score |
recency_decay_rate |
0.95 |
Rate at which older test results lose influence (higher = slower decay) |
min_test_count |
1 |
Minimum number of professional tests required |
min_review_count |
5 |
Minimum number of user reviews required |
score_version |
1.8 |
Current version of the scoring algorithm |
score_normalization_factor |
1.1 |
Factor used to normalize raw scores to the 0-10 scale |
confidence_factor_weight |
0.2 |
How much data confidence affects the final score |
position_penalty_weight |
0.2 |
Penalty applied for poor test positions |
gap_penalty_threshold |
8 |
Score gap (%) that triggers additional penalties |
min_metrics_count |
2 |
Minimum number of test metrics needed per test |
limited_data_threshold |
2 |
Number of tests below which data is considered limited |
single_test_penalty |
0.1 |
Score multiplier when only one test is available |
critical_metric_penalty |
0.7 |
Penalty for poor performance on critical safety metrics |
critical_metric_threshold |
70 |
Score below which a critical metric penalty applies |
position_exponential_factor |
1.2 |
Exponent used to amplify position-based scoring |
position_exponential_threshold |
0.9 |
Position percentile below which exponential scoring applies |
gap_multiplier_critical |
3 |
Multiplier for critical gap penalties |
max_category_weight |
2 |
Maximum weight any single category can have |
max_score_limited_data |
9.5 |
Score cap when data is limited |
bayesian_prior_weight |
1.5 |
Weight of the Bayesian prior in smoothing |
bayesian_prior_score |
7 |
Prior score used for Bayesian smoothing |
evidence_test_multiplier |
1.9 |
Multiplier for test evidence in confidence calculation |
evidence_metric_divisor |
3 |
Divisor for metric count in evidence calculation |
evidence_review_divisor |
10 |
Divisor for review count in evidence calculation |
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