RandProfileDiscreteUniform

class poisson_approval.RandProfileDiscreteUniform(types, d_type_fixed_share=None, **kwargs)[source]

A random factory of discrete profiles (ProfileDiscrete) following the uniform distribution.

Parameters

types (iterable) – These types will have a variable share. They can be discrete types, e.g. ('abc', 0.9), or weak orders, e.g. 'a~b>c'.
d_type_fixed_share (dict, optional) – A dictionary. For each entry type: fixed_share, this type will have at least this fixed share. The total must be lower or equal to 1.
kwargs – These additional arguments will be passed directly to ProfileDiscrete.

Examples

Basic usage:

>>> initialize_random_seeds()
>>> rand_profile = RandProfileDiscreteUniform(types=[('abc', 0.9), ('bca', 0.4), 'a~b>c'])
>>> profile = rand_profile()
>>> print(profile)
<abc 0.9: 0.5488135039273248, bca 0.4: 0.16637586244509472, a~b>c: 0.2848106336275805> (Condorcet winner: a)

Using the optional parameters:

>>> rand_profile = RandProfileDiscreteUniform(
...     types=[('abc', 0.9), ('bca', 0.4), 'a~b>c'], d_type_fixed_share={'b>a~c': 0.5},
...     voting_rule=PLURALITY)
>>> profile = rand_profile()
>>> print(profile)
<abc 0.9: 0.27244159149844843, bca 0.4: 0.028940096537373505, a~b>c: 0.19861831196417806, b>a~c: 0.5> (Condorcet winner: b) (Plurality)

For more examples, cf. RandSimplexUniform.