Created victories_and_ties method for table use.
authorJustin Sharps <jlsharps@alum.mit.edu>
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:42:48 +0000 (21:42 +0000)
committerJustin Sharps <jlsharps@alum.mit.edu>
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:42:48 +0000 (21:42 +0000)
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+# election library -- a ruby library for elections
+# copyright © 2005 MIT Media Lab and Benjamin Mako Hill
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+# 02110-1301, USA.
+
+#################################################################
+## ==== condorcet.rb ====
+##
+## This file contains Condorcet election methods. Currently this
+## includes a pure condorcet and a CloneproofSSD implementation
+## modeled after the Python-based Debian project election code and
+## that gives the same results in several tested corner cases.
+#################################################################
+
+##################################################################
+## CondorcetVote Classes and SubClasses
+##
+## The CondorcetVote class is subclassed by the PureCondorcetVote and
+## the CloneproofSSDVote classes but should not be used directly.
+
+class CondorcetVote < ElectionVote
+  
+  attr_accessor :results
+
+  def initialize(votes=nil)
+    unless defined?(@candidates)
+      @candidates = Array.new
+      votes.each do |vote_row|
+        vote_row = vote_row.flatten if vote_row.class == Array
+        vote_row.each do |vote| 
+          @candidates << vote unless @candidates.include?(vote)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    super(votes)
+    @results = Array.new
+  end
+
+  def tally_vote(vote=nil)
+
+    vote.each_with_index do |winners, index|
+      if vote.flatten.length < @candidates.length
+        implied_losers = @candidates.select { |c| not vote.flatten.include?(c) }
+        vote.push(implied_losers)
+      end
+      if vote.length - 1 == index
+        losers = []
+      else
+        losers = vote.flatten.last( vote.flatten.length - index - 1)
+      end
+
+      losers.each do |place|
+        place = [place] unless place.class == Array
+        place.each do |loser|
+          
+          winners = [winners] unless winners.class == Array
+          next if winners.include?(loser)
+          winners.each do |winner|
+            @votes[winner] = Hash.new unless @votes.has_key?(winner)
+            @votes[loser] = Hash.new unless @votes.has_key?(loser)
+
+            if @votes[winner].has_key?(loser)
+              @votes[winner][loser] += 1
+            else
+              @votes[winner][loser] = 1
+            end
+
+            # make sure we have a comparable object
+            @votes[loser][winner] = 0 unless @votes[loser].has_key?( winner )
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def results
+    if @results.size < 2 && (not @candidates.empty?)
+      tabulate
+    end
+    @results
+  end
+
+  def result
+    find_only_winner unless @winner
+    @winner
+  end
+
+  protected
+
+  def verify_vote(vote=nil)
+    vote.instance_of?( Array ) and
+      vote == vote.uniq
+  end
+
+  def tabulate
+    find_only_winner unless @winner
+    until @candidates.empty? 
+      aResult = resultFactory( self )
+      @results << aResult.winners
+      filter_out(aResult)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def find_only_winner
+    @winner = resultFactory( self )
+    @results << @winner.winners
+    filter_out(@winner)
+  end
+
+end
+
+class PureCondorcetVote < CondorcetVote
+  def resultFactory(init)
+    PureCondorcetResult.new(init)
+  end
+end
+
+class CloneproofSSDVote < CondorcetVote
+  def resultFactory(init)
+    CloneproofSSDResult.new(init)
+  end
+
+end
+
+
+##################################################################
+## CondorcetResult Classes and SubClasses
+##
+## The CondorcetResult class is subclassed by the PureCondorcetResult
+## and the CloneproofSSDResult classes but should not be used
+## directly.
+
+class CondorcetResult < ElectionResult
+  attr_reader :matrix
+  
+  def initialize(voteobj=nil)
+    unless voteobj and voteobj.kind_of?( CondorcetVote )
+      raise ArgumentError, "You must pass a CondorcetVote array.", caller
+    end
+    super(voteobj)
+    @matrix = voteobj.votes
+  end
+  
+  def victories_and_ties
+    victors = Array.new
+    ties = Array.new
+    victories = Hash.new
+    candidates = @matrix.keys.sort
+    
+    candidates.each do |candidate|
+      candidates.each do |challenger|
+        next if candidate == challenger
+        diff = @matrix[candidate][challenger] - @matrix[challenger][candidate]
+        if diff > 0 
+          victors << [candidate, challenger, diff]
+        elsif diff == 0 && ties.include?([challenger, candidate]) == false
+          ties << [candidate, challenger] 
+        end
+      end
+    end  
+    
+    victors.each do |list|
+      if victories.has_key?(list[0])
+        victories[list[0]][list[1]] = list[2]       
+      else
+        victories[list[0]] = Hash.new
+        victories[list[0]][list[1]] = list[2]
+      end
+    end
+    
+    return victories, ties    
+  end
+        
+  protected
+  def defeats(candidates=nil, votes=nil)
+    candidates ||= @election.candidates || []
+    # we're assumign that if there are candidates, there must be at
+    # least one vote for them
+    votes ||= @election.votes 
+
+    defeats = Array.new
+    candidates.each do |candidate|
+      candidates.each do |challenger|
+        next if candidate == challenger
+        if votes[candidate][challenger] > votes[challenger][candidate]
+          defeats << [ candidate, challenger ]
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    defeats
+  end
+
+end
+
+class PureCondorcetResult < CondorcetResult
+  def initialize(voteobj=nil)
+    super(voteobj)
+    self.condorcet()
+  end
+
+  protected
+  
+  def condorcet
+    votes = @election.votes
+    candidates = @election.candidates
+
+    unless votes.length > 0 and candidates.length > 0
+      return @winners=[]
+    end
+
+    victors = Hash.new
+    candidates.each do |candidate|
+      victors[candidate] = Array.new
+    end
+
+    self.defeats.each do |pair|
+      winner, loser = *pair
+      victors[winner] << loser
+    end
+
+    victory_margin = 1
+    while true
+      winners = @election.candidates.find_all do |candidate|
+        victors[candidate].length == @election.candidates.length - victory_margin
+      end
+      if winners.length > 0
+        @winners = winners
+        return @winners
+      else
+        victory_margin += 1
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+class CloneproofSSDResult < CondorcetResult
+  def initialize(voteobj=nil)
+    super(voteobj)
+    @winners = self.cpssd()
+  end
+
+  protected
+
+  def cpssd
+    votes = @election.votes
+    candidates = @election.candidates.dup
+
+    def in_schwartz_set?(candidate, candidates, transitive_defeats)
+      candidates.each do |challenger|
+        next if candidate == challenger
+
+        if transitive_defeats.include?( [ challenger, candidate ] ) and
+            not transitive_defeats.include?( [ candidate, challenger ] )
+          return false
+        end
+      end
+      return true
+    end
+
+    loop do
+
+      # see the array with the standard defeats
+      transitive_defeats = self.defeats(candidates, votes)
+      defeats_hash = Hash.new
+      transitive_defeats.each { |td| defeats_hash[td] = 1 }
+
+      candidates = [candidates] unless candidates.class == Array
+      candidates.each do |cand1|
+        candidates.each do |cand2|
+          unless cand1 == cand2
+            candidates.each do |cand3|
+              if not cand2 == cand3 and 
+                  not cand1 == cand3 and 
+                  defeats_hash[[cand2, cand1]] and
+                  defeats_hash[[cand1, cand3]] and
+                  not defeats_hash[[cand2, cand3]] 
+                transitive_defeats << [cand2, cand3]
+                defeats_hash[[cand2, cand3]] = 1
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      schwartz_set = Array.new
+      candidates.each do |candidate|
+        if in_schwartz_set?(candidate, candidates, transitive_defeats)
+          schwartz_set << candidate
+        end
+      end
+
+      candidates = schwartz_set
+
+      # look through the schwartz set now for defeats
+      defeats = self.defeats(candidates, votes)
+      
+      # it's a tie or there's only one option
+      break if defeats.length == 0
+
+      def is_weaker_defeat?( pair1, pair2 )
+        votes = @election.votes
+        if votes[pair1[0]][pair1[1]] > votes[pair2[0]][pair2[1]]
+          return true
+        elsif votes[pair1[0]][pair1[1]] == votes[pair2[0]][pair2[1]] and
+            votes[pair1[1]][pair1[0]] > votes[pair2[1]][pair2[0]]
+          return true
+        else
+          false
+        end
+      end
+      
+      defeats.sort! do |pair1, pair2|
+        if is_weaker_defeat?( pair1, pair2 ) 
+          +1
+        elsif is_weaker_defeat?( pair2, pair1 ) 
+          -1
+        else
+          0
+        end
+      end
+      votes[defeats[0][0]][defeats[0][1]] = 0
+      votes[defeats[0][1]][defeats[0][0]] = 0
+      
+    end
+
+    return candidates
+  end
+
+end

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