{
  "flex_order": "Expected PPR points",
  "horizon": "One NFL week for weekly rankings; remaining regular-season NFL weeks otherwise.",
  "objective": "within_tier_SSE + tier_count * resolution^2 * log(player_count + 1)",
  "overall_order": "Expected PPR points above a position-specific replacement rank",
  "policy_id": "current-ppr-value-over-replacement",
  "position_order": "Expected PPR points",
  "reference": "https://journal.r-project.org/articles/RJ-2011-015/",
  "replacement_ranks": {
    "QB": 12,
    "RB": 30,
    "TE": 12,
    "WR": 36
  },
  "resolution_basis": "Versioned grouping policy, not estimated forecast error or validated win probability.",
  "resolution_points_per_week": 0.5,
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "scoring": "ppr",
  "tie_breakers": [
    "expected_points",
    "player_id"
  ],
  "tier_method": "penalized-optimal-1d-sse-v1",
  "tiers": "Optimal contiguous projection groups with a penalty for each additional tier. Overall uses value over replacement; position and FLEX views use expected PPR. Uncertainty intervals remain separate from tiers.",
  "version": "2.0.0"
}