brackt/app/services/simulations/nfl-simulator.ts

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/**
* NFL Season + Playoffs Simulator
*
* Monte Carlo simulation of the NFL regular season and playoffs.
*
* Algorithm:
* 1. Load all participants for the sports season from DB
* 2. Load Elo ratings from participantExpectedValues.sourceElo (user-maintained)
* Falls back to sourceOdds convertFuturesToElo() if no sourceElo set.
* 3. Validate that all 8 NFL divisions have at least one Elo-rated team.
* 4. Load current regular season standings (wins, gamesPlayed, conference, division)
* If no standings in DB pre-season mode (all teams start 0-0).
* 5. For each simulation:
* a. Simulate remaining games (17 total) for each team using Elo vs average (1500)
* projectedWins = currentWins + Binomial(remainingGames, winProb)
* b. Per conference (AFC, NFC):
* - Division winners: best projectedWins in each of 4 divisions (random tiebreak)
* - Wildcards: top 3 non-division-winners by projectedWins
* - Seed 1: best division winner (gets bye)
* - Seeds 2-4: remaining division winners, sorted by projectedWins desc
* - Seeds 5-7: wildcards, sorted by projectedWins desc
* c. Simulate Wild Card (seed 1 has bye): 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 per conference
* Higher seed has home-field advantage (+48 Elo 57% baseline win rate).
* d. Simulate Divisional: seed 1 vs lowest remaining, seed 2 vs next
* (higher seed is home)
* e. Simulate Conference Championships (higher remaining seed is home)
* f. Simulate Super Bowl at a neutral site (no home-field adjustment)
* 6. Track placements:
* - probFirst / probSecond: Super Bowl winner / loser
* - probThird / probFourth: Conference Championship losers (1 per conf, split evenly)
* - probFifthprobEighth: Divisional losers (4 total, split evenly)
* - Wild Card losers and missed playoffs 0
*
* Elo ratings are maintained by the admin via the sourceElo field on
* participantExpectedValues. Update before each simulation run.
* Source: nfelo.app (nfelo ratings system)
*
* Home-field advantage:
* NFL playoff home field is worth ~+48 Elo points (57% baseline win rate for
* the higher seed). This applies to Wild Card, Divisional, and Conference
* Championship rounds. The Super Bowl is played at a neutral site.
*/
import { database } from "~/database/context";
import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
import * as schema from "~/database/schema";
import type { Simulator, SimulationResult } from "./types";
import { normalizeTeamName } from "~/lib/normalize-team-name";
import { eloWinProbability, convertFuturesToElo } from "~/services/probability-engine";
import { getRegularSeasonStandings } from "~/models/regular-season-standings";
// ─── Simulation parameters ────────────────────────────────────────────────────
const NUM_SIMULATIONS = 50_000;
/** NFL regular season games per team. */
const NFL_REGULAR_SEASON_GAMES = 17;
/** Average opponent Elo for regular season game projection. */
const AVG_OPPONENT_ELO = 1500;
/**
* Home-field Elo advantage for NFL playoff games.
* Adds to the higher seed's Elo before computing win probability.
* +48 Elo 57% baseline win rate for the home team, consistent with
* NFL regular-season home-field data (~2.5 point spread advantage).
*/
const NFL_HOME_FIELD_ELO_ADVANTAGE = 48;
type Conference = "AFC" | "NFC";
type Division = "East" | "North" | "South" | "West";
const CONFERENCES: Conference[] = ["AFC", "NFC"];
const DIVISIONS: Division[] = ["East", "North", "South", "West"];
// ─── Team data ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
interface NflTeamData {
names: string[];
conference: Conference;
division: Division;
}
const TEAMS_DATA: NflTeamData[] = [
// AFC East
{ names: ["Buffalo Bills", "Bills"], conference: "AFC", division: "East" },
{ names: ["Miami Dolphins", "Dolphins"], conference: "AFC", division: "East" },
{ names: ["New England Patriots", "Patriots"], conference: "AFC", division: "East" },
{ names: ["New York Jets", "Jets"], conference: "AFC", division: "East" },
// AFC North
{ names: ["Baltimore Ravens", "Ravens"], conference: "AFC", division: "North" },
{ names: ["Cincinnati Bengals", "Bengals"], conference: "AFC", division: "North" },
{ names: ["Cleveland Browns", "Browns"], conference: "AFC", division: "North" },
{ names: ["Pittsburgh Steelers", "Steelers"], conference: "AFC", division: "North" },
// AFC South
{ names: ["Houston Texans", "Texans"], conference: "AFC", division: "South" },
{ names: ["Indianapolis Colts", "Colts"], conference: "AFC", division: "South" },
{ names: ["Jacksonville Jaguars", "Jaguars"], conference: "AFC", division: "South" },
{ names: ["Tennessee Titans", "Titans"], conference: "AFC", division: "South" },
// AFC West
{ names: ["Denver Broncos", "Broncos"], conference: "AFC", division: "West" },
{ names: ["Kansas City Chiefs", "Chiefs"], conference: "AFC", division: "West" },
{ names: ["Las Vegas Raiders", "Raiders"], conference: "AFC", division: "West" },
{ names: ["Los Angeles Chargers", "Chargers"], conference: "AFC", division: "West" },
// NFC East
{ names: ["Dallas Cowboys", "Cowboys"], conference: "NFC", division: "East" },
{ names: ["New York Giants", "Giants"], conference: "NFC", division: "East" },
{ names: ["Philadelphia Eagles", "Eagles"], conference: "NFC", division: "East" },
{ names: ["Washington Commanders", "Commanders"], conference: "NFC", division: "East" },
// NFC North
{ names: ["Chicago Bears", "Bears"], conference: "NFC", division: "North" },
{ names: ["Detroit Lions", "Lions"], conference: "NFC", division: "North" },
{ names: ["Green Bay Packers", "Packers"], conference: "NFC", division: "North" },
{ names: ["Minnesota Vikings", "Vikings"], conference: "NFC", division: "North" },
// NFC South
{ names: ["Atlanta Falcons", "Falcons"], conference: "NFC", division: "South" },
{ names: ["Carolina Panthers", "Panthers"], conference: "NFC", division: "South" },
{ names: ["New Orleans Saints", "Saints"], conference: "NFC", division: "South" },
{ names: ["Tampa Bay Buccaneers", "Buccaneers"], conference: "NFC", division: "South" },
// NFC West
{ names: ["Arizona Cardinals", "Cardinals"], conference: "NFC", division: "West" },
{ names: ["Los Angeles Rams", "Rams"], conference: "NFC", division: "West" },
{ names: ["San Francisco 49ers", "49ers"], conference: "NFC", division: "West" },
{ names: ["Seattle Seahawks", "Seahawks"], conference: "NFC", division: "West" },
];
// ─── Internal types ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
interface TeamState {
participantId: string;
conference: Conference;
division: Division;
elo: number;
currentWins: number;
gamesPlayed: number;
}
interface SeededTeam {
participantId: string;
elo: number;
seed: number;
}
interface ConferenceBracketResult {
finalist: SeededTeam;
confChampLoser: SeededTeam;
divisionalLosers: [SeededTeam, SeededTeam];
}
// ─── Helpers ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
/**
* Look up team data by participant name.
*/
export function getTeamData(name: string): NflTeamData | undefined {
const normalized = normalizeTeamName(name);
return TEAMS_DATA.find((t) =>
t.names.some((n) => normalizeTeamName(n) === normalized)
);
}
/**
* Simulate projected wins for a team over its remaining games.
* Each game is an independent Bernoulli trial.
*/
function simulateProjectedWins(
currentWins: number,
gamesPlayed: number,
winProb: number
): number {
const remaining = Math.max(0, NFL_REGULAR_SEASON_GAMES - gamesPlayed);
let additional = 0;
for (let g = 0; g < remaining; g++) {
if (Math.random() < winProb) additional++;
}
return currentWins + additional;
}
/**
* Determine the 7-team playoff seeding for one conference.
*
* Seeds 1-4 are division winners (sorted by projectedWins desc).
* Seeds 5-7 are wildcards (top 3 non-division-winners).
* Seed 1 receives the bye.
*
* Ties in projectedWins are broken by a pre-computed random jitter, which
* avoids the instability of using Math.random() directly inside a sort comparator.
*/
export function seedConference(
teams: Array<{ participantId: string; elo: number; division: Division; projectedWins: number }>
): SeededTeam[] {
// Pre-compute per-team jitter so each sort comparison is deterministic
const jitter = new Map(teams.map((t) => [t.participantId, Math.random()]));
const cmp = (a: typeof teams[0], b: typeof teams[0]) =>
b.projectedWins - a.projectedWins ||
(jitter.get(b.participantId) ?? 0) - (jitter.get(a.participantId) ?? 0);
const divisionWinners: typeof teams[0][] = [];
const nonWinners: typeof teams[0][] = [];
for (const div of DIVISIONS) {
const divTeams = teams.filter((t) => t.division === div).toSorted(cmp);
if (divTeams.length === 0) continue;
divisionWinners.push(divTeams[0]);
nonWinners.push(...divTeams.slice(1));
}
divisionWinners.sort(cmp);
nonWinners.sort(cmp);
const wildcards = nonWinners.slice(0, 3);
const seeded: SeededTeam[] = [];
divisionWinners.forEach((t, i) =>
seeded.push({ participantId: t.participantId, elo: t.elo, seed: i + 1 })
);
wildcards.forEach((t, i) =>
seeded.push({ participantId: t.participantId, elo: t.elo, seed: i + 5 })
);
return seeded;
}
/**
* Simulate a playoff game with home-field advantage for the higher seed.
* The team with the lower seed number (better seed) is the home team.
*/
function playGame(a: SeededTeam, b: SeededTeam): { winner: SeededTeam; loser: SeededTeam } {
const [home, away] = a.seed < b.seed ? [a, b] : [b, a];
const winProbHome = eloWinProbability(
home.elo + NFL_HOME_FIELD_ELO_ADVANTAGE,
away.elo
);
if (Math.random() < winProbHome) return { winner: home, loser: away };
return { winner: away, loser: home };
}
/**
* Simulate a game at a neutral site (no home-field adjustment).
* Used for the Super Bowl.
*/
function playNeutralGame(a: SeededTeam, b: SeededTeam): { winner: SeededTeam; loser: SeededTeam } {
const winProbA = eloWinProbability(a.elo, b.elo);
if (Math.random() < winProbA) return { winner: a, loser: b };
return { winner: b, loser: a };
}
/**
* Simulate one conference's playoff bracket (seeds 1-7, seed 1 has bye).
*
* Wild Card: 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 (seed 1 bye; higher seed is home)
* Divisional: 1 vs lowest remaining, 2 vs next (higher seed is home)
* Conference Champ: divisional winners (higher seed is home)
*
* Returns the finalist, the conference championship loser, and the two
* divisional-round losers (for 5th-8th place EV).
*/
export function simulateConferenceBracket(seeds: SeededTeam[]): ConferenceBracketResult {
const byIndex = new Map(seeds.map((t) => [t.seed, t]));
const s = (seed: number) => byIndex.get(seed) as SeededTeam;
// Wild Card (seed 1 bye; lower seed = home)
const wc27 = playGame(s(2), s(7));
const wc36 = playGame(s(3), s(6));
const wc45 = playGame(s(4), s(5));
// Divisional: sort WC winners by original seed (ascending = better seed = home)
// Seed 1 hosts the lowest-ranked (highest seed number) WC winner
const wcWinners = [wc27.winner, wc36.winner, wc45.winner].toSorted(
(a, b) => a.seed - b.seed
);
const div1 = playGame(s(1), wcWinners[wcWinners.length - 1]);
const div2 = playGame(wcWinners[0], wcWinners[1]);
// Conference Championship (higher remaining seed is home)
const conf = playGame(div1.winner, div2.winner);
return {
finalist: conf.winner,
confChampLoser: conf.loser,
divisionalLosers: [div1.loser, div2.loser],
};
}
// ─── Simulator class ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
export class NFLSimulator implements Simulator {
async simulate(sportsSeasonId: string): Promise<SimulationResult[]> {
const db = database();
// Load participants
const participants = await db.query.participants.findMany({
where: eq(schema.participants.sportsSeasonId, sportsSeasonId),
});
if (participants.length === 0) {
throw new Error(`No participants found for sports season ${sportsSeasonId}.`);
}
// Load EV rows (sourceElo + sourceOdds)
const evRows = await db
.select({
participantId: schema.participantExpectedValues.participantId,
sourceElo: schema.participantExpectedValues.sourceElo,
sourceOdds: schema.participantExpectedValues.sourceOdds,
})
.from(schema.participantExpectedValues)
.where(eq(schema.participantExpectedValues.sportsSeasonId, sportsSeasonId));
// Build Elo map: prefer sourceElo, fall back to converting sourceOdds
const eloMap = new Map<string, number>();
const hasSourceElo = evRows.some((r) => r.sourceElo !== null);
if (hasSourceElo) {
for (const r of evRows) {
if (r.sourceElo !== null) eloMap.set(r.participantId, r.sourceElo);
}
} else {
const hasOdds = evRows.some((r) => r.sourceOdds !== null);
if (!hasOdds) {
throw new Error(
`No Elo ratings or futures odds found for sports season ${sportsSeasonId}. ` +
`Enter sourceElo ratings via Admin → Expected Values before simulating.`
);
}
const oddsInput = evRows
.filter((r) => r.sourceOdds !== null)
.map((r) => ({ participantId: r.participantId, odds: r.sourceOdds as number }));
const converted = convertFuturesToElo(oddsInput);
for (const [id, elo] of converted) eloMap.set(id, elo);
}
// Load standings (empty pre-season)
const standingsRows = await getRegularSeasonStandings(sportsSeasonId, db);
const standingsMap = new Map(standingsRows.map((r) => [r.participantId, r]));
// Build team state list — skip participants with no Elo or unknown team name
const teams: TeamState[] = [];
for (const p of participants) {
const teamData = getTeamData(p.name);
if (!teamData) continue;
const elo = eloMap.get(p.id);
if (elo === undefined) continue;
const standing = standingsMap.get(p.id);
teams.push({
participantId: p.id,
conference: teamData.conference,
division: teamData.division,
elo,
currentWins: standing?.wins ?? 0,
gamesPlayed: standing?.gamesPlayed ?? 0,
});
}
if (teams.length === 0) {
throw new Error(
`Could not match any participants to NFL team data for season ${sportsSeasonId}. ` +
`Ensure participant names match (e.g. "Kansas City Chiefs").`
);
}
// Validate that every division in every conference has at least one Elo-rated team.
// A missing division means seeding is broken for the whole simulation.
const covered = new Set(teams.map((t) => `${t.conference} ${t.division}`));
const missing: string[] = [];
for (const conf of CONFERENCES) {
for (const div of DIVISIONS) {
if (!covered.has(`${conf} ${div}`)) missing.push(`${conf} ${div}`);
}
}
if (missing.length > 0) {
throw new Error(
`Missing Elo-rated teams in: ${missing.join(", ")}. ` +
`All 32 NFL teams must have Elo ratings set before simulating.`
);
}
// Pre-compute per-team win probability vs average opponent (constant across sims)
const winProbMap = new Map<string, number>();
for (const t of teams) {
winProbMap.set(t.participantId, eloWinProbability(t.elo, AVG_OPPONENT_ELO));
}
// Placement counters
const counts: Record<string, Record<1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8, number>> = {};
for (const t of teams) {
counts[t.participantId] = { 1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0, 5: 0, 6: 0, 7: 0, 8: 0 };
}
// ─── Monte Carlo ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
for (let sim = 0; sim < NUM_SIMULATIONS; sim++) {
// Project wins for each team this simulation
const projected = teams.map((t) => ({
participantId: t.participantId,
elo: t.elo,
conference: t.conference,
division: t.division,
projectedWins: simulateProjectedWins(
t.currentWins,
t.gamesPlayed,
winProbMap.get(t.participantId) as number
),
}));
const afcTeams = projected.filter((t) => t.conference === "AFC");
const nfcTeams = projected.filter((t) => t.conference === "NFC");
const afcSeeds = seedConference(afcTeams);
const nfcSeeds = seedConference(nfcTeams);
// Simulate conference brackets
const afcResult = simulateConferenceBracket(afcSeeds);
const nfcResult = simulateConferenceBracket(nfcSeeds);
// Super Bowl (neutral site)
const sb = playNeutralGame(afcResult.finalist, nfcResult.finalist);
// 1st / 2nd
counts[sb.winner.participantId][1] += 1;
counts[sb.loser.participantId][2] += 1;
// 3rd / 4th — Conference Championship losers (1 per conference, split 50/50)
counts[afcResult.confChampLoser.participantId][3] += 0.5;
counts[afcResult.confChampLoser.participantId][4] += 0.5;
counts[nfcResult.confChampLoser.participantId][3] += 0.5;
counts[nfcResult.confChampLoser.participantId][4] += 0.5;
// 5th8th — Divisional losers (4 total: 2 per conference, split evenly)
for (const loser of [...afcResult.divisionalLosers, ...nfcResult.divisionalLosers]) {
counts[loser.participantId][5] += 0.25;
counts[loser.participantId][6] += 0.25;
counts[loser.participantId][7] += 0.25;
counts[loser.participantId][8] += 0.25;
}
// Wild Card losers and missed playoffs remain at 0 (already initialized)
}
// Convert counts to probabilities
return teams.map((t) => {
const c = counts[t.participantId];
const N = NUM_SIMULATIONS;
return {
participantId: t.participantId,
probabilities: {
probFirst: c[1] / N,
probSecond: c[2] / N,
probThird: c[3] / N,
probFourth: c[4] / N,
probFifth: c[5] / N,
probSixth: c[6] / N,
probSeventh: c[7] / N,
probEighth: c[8] / N,
},
source: "nfl_elo_simulation",
};
});
}
}