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Couple Weighting #2 - Weighted by ability level

I have a copy of your couples rotation program. I have read your description of how the placement of dancers is generated. At some of the dances we attend, another couples rotation program is used in which the couples are weighted by some preassigned ability level. That is, these couples are rated C3A , some are rated C3, and others are rated C4. At the end of the dance it is obvious that we have never been in a square that has more than one couple from a higher level and frequently there are squares with all couples at the higher level. Is there any way this can occur with your program?

This problem is so annoying that we have decided not to attend specific dances. Your comments??

By design, SQROT does not do any couple weighting.

Despite occasional requests, I have decided not to implement couple weighting precisely because it can easily be abused. After talking to dancers, I've discovered that both the good dancers and the bad dancers generally don't like couple weighting. The good dancers don't like it because they're always forced to help others -- they never get a really good square because they're never placed in a square with several other good couples. The bad dancers also complain since they too notice that the mixing isn't random.

In any case, I believe that the good dancers should get a chance to get a 'great square' once in a while, and so what if occasionally, there is a square that doesn't get any sequences because they're all 'bad' dancers? A more equitable mix is better than a weighted mix.