2 class GraphController < ApplicationController
5 COLORS = ['#74CE00', '#005CD9', '#DC0D13', '#131313', '#A214A4', '#EFF80E',
6 '#90E5E6', '#F58313', '#437D3D', '#0E026C']
7 BACKGROUND_COLORS = ['#74CE00', '#FFFFFF'] #for green and white background
9 def initialize(options)
10 size = options[:size] ? options[:size] : "400x300" #allow custom sizing
11 @graph = options[:graph_type].new(size)
13 @graph.no_data_message = "No Voters"
15 @graph.theme = { :colors => COLORS,
16 :background_colors => ['#e5e5e5', '#FFFFFF'] }
17 @graph.font = File.expand_path('/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/Vera.ttf',
20 if options[:legend_font_size]
21 @graph.legend_font_size = options[:legend_font_size]
24 if options[:title_font_size]
25 @graph.title_font_size = options[:title_font_size]
28 #marker count doesn't include minimum value line, default is 4
29 @graph.marker_count = options[:marker_count] if options[:marker_count]
31 @graph.marker_font_size = options[:marker_font_size] if options[:marker_font_size]
33 @graph.marker_color = options[:marker_color] if options[:marker_color]
35 # fill in the data with the optional data name
36 #Check to see if multiple datasets, if so, fill them all!
37 #Sort by biggest first piece of data.
38 if options[:data].is_a?(Hash)
39 options[:data].sort {|a,b| b[1][0] <=> a[1][0]}.each do |dataset|
40 @graph.data(dataset[0], dataset[1])
42 #if each dataset nameless, will have only multiple arrays
43 elsif options[:data].size > 1 && options[:data].all? {|i| i.is_a?(Array)}
44 options[:data].each do |array|
45 @graph.data( options.fetch(:data_name, "Data"), array)
47 else #one dimensional array, just pass it in
48 @graph.data( options.fetch(:data_name, "Data"), options[:data] )
49 @graph.hide_legend = true
52 # set the labels or create an empty hash
53 @graph.labels = options[:interval_labels] \
54 if options.has_key?(:interval_labels) and \
55 options[:interval_labels].class == Hash
56 @graph.x_axis_label = options[:x_axis_label] \
57 if options.has_key?(:x_axis_label)
58 @graph.y_axis_label = options[:y_axis_label] \
59 if options.has_key?(:y_axis_label)
60 @graph.title = options[:title] if options.has_key?(:title)
62 @graph.minimum_value = 0.0
67 return([@graph.to_blob, {:disposition => 'inline', :type => 'image/png'}])
72 # produce a graph of votes per day during an election
74 @election = Election.find(params[:id])
75 data, labels = get_votes_per_day_data(@election)
77 graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Line,
78 :data_name => @election.name,
80 :interval_labels => labels,
81 :title => "Voters Per Day",
82 :x_axis_label => "Data",
83 :y_axis_label =>"Number of Votes")
84 send_data(*graph.output)
87 #will place votes in a fixed number of intervals, and shows votes over time
88 def votes_per_interval
89 @election = Election.find(params[:id])
90 data, labels, scale = get_votes_per_interval_data(@election)
94 graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Line,
95 :data_name => @election.name,
97 :interval_labels => labels,
98 :title => "Voters Over Time",
100 :legend_font_size => 40,
101 :title_font_size => 50,
103 :marker_font_size => 30,
104 :marker_color => '#999999',
105 :x_axis_label => scale,
106 :y_axis_label => "Number of Votes")
107 send_data(*graph.output)
111 @election = Election.find(params[:id])
112 @election.results unless @election.borda_result
113 data, labels = get_borda_points(@election.borda_result)
116 size = "580x300" if @election.candidates.size >= 5
118 if @election.candidates.size >= 5
119 marker_font_size = 17
121 marker_font_size = 20
124 graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Bar,
125 :data_name => @election.name,
127 :interval_labels => labels,
129 :title => "Points Per Candidate",
130 :marker_color => '#999999',
131 :marker_font_size => marker_font_size,
132 :y_axis_label => "Points",
133 :x_axis_label => "Candidates")
134 send_data(*graph.output)
136 #Acording to Tufte, small, concomparitive, highly labeled data sets usually
137 #belong in tables. The following is a bar graph...but would it be better
139 def choices_positions
140 @election = Election.find(params[:id])
142 alldata, labels = get_positions_info(@election)
143 @election.results unless @election.condorcet_result || @election.ssd_result
144 ranked_candidates = @election.condorcet_result.ranked_candidates.flatten
147 candidates = @election.candidates.sort.collect {|candidate| candidate.id}
148 candidates.each do |candidate|
149 names[candidate]= (Candidate.find(candidate)).name
152 ranked_candidates.each_with_index \
153 {|candidate, index| legend[names[candidate]] = alldata[index]}
155 graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Bar,
157 :interval_labels => labels,
158 :title => "Times Voted in Each Position",
159 :y_axis_label => "Number of Times Ranked",
160 :x_axis_label => "Rank")
161 send_data(*graph.output)
165 @election = Election.find(params[:id])
166 @election.results unless @election.plurality_result || @election.approval_result
167 votes = @election.votes.size
169 names = @election.names_by_id
171 @election.plurality_result.points.each do |candidate, votes|
172 data[names[candidate]] = votes
175 size = "520x300" if @election.candidates.size >= 8
177 if @election.candidates.size >= 8
178 marker_font_size = 20
179 legend_font_size = 17
181 marker_font_size = 17
182 legend_font_size = 17
185 pie = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Pie,
186 :title => "Percentage of First Place Votes",
188 :marker_font_size => marker_font_size,
189 :legend_font_size => legend_font_size,
191 send_data(*pie.output)
196 def get_positions_info(election)
199 rank_labels = Hash.new
201 #attach the ranking to the candidate's array to which is belongs
202 #creating a key if necessary
203 election.votes.each do |vote|
204 vote.rankings.each do |ranking|
206 unless buckets.has_key?(ranking.candidate_id)
207 buckets[ranking.candidate_id] = []
209 buckets[ranking.candidate_id] << ranking.rank
214 #count how many times each candidate has been ranked at a certain level
215 buckets.each_pair do |id, array|
216 (1..election.candidates.size).each do |i|
217 buckets2[id] = [] unless buckets2.has_key?(id)
218 buckets2[id] << (array.find_all {|rank| rank == i}).size
222 #sort by amount of 1st place votes
223 sorted_data = buckets2.values.sort {|a,b| b[0] <=> a[0]}
225 election.votes.each do |vote|
226 vote.rankings.size.times do |i|
227 rank_labels[i] = (i+1).to_s
231 return sorted_data, rank_labels
234 # generate the data and labels for each graph
235 def get_votes_per_day_data(election)
236 voter_days = Array.new
237 unique_days = Array.new
238 total_per_day = Array.new
239 election_days = Hash.new
241 #turn election startdate into date object, and create the range of election
242 startdate = Date.parse(election.startdate.to_s)
243 election_range = startdate..Date.today
245 # create a hash with all the dates of the election in String format
246 # referenced by their order in the election
247 election_range.each_with_index do |day, index|
248 election_days[index] = day.to_s
251 # Now I need to create an array with all the times votes were made
252 election.votes.each do |vote|
253 next unless vote.time
254 voter_days << Date.parse(vote.time.to_s)
258 # Now I need to count how many times each each date appears in voter_days,
259 # and put that number into a votes_per_day array, the 'data' for the graph
260 #Create an array of unique days from voter_days
261 voter_days.each do |day|
262 unless unique_days.any? {|date| date.eql?(day)}
268 #find all dates where those days = date at current index, put size of returned
269 #array into total_per_day
270 unique_days.each_with_index do |date, index|
271 total_per_day << (voter_days.select {|day| day.eql?(date)}).size
274 # return the data and the labels
275 return total_per_day, election_days
279 def get_votes_per_interval_data(election)
280 labels_hash = Hash.new
282 total_per_interval = Array.new
285 starttime = election.startdate
286 timedelta = Time.now - starttime
288 interval_length = timedelta/numcols
290 # Make a hash, buckets, indexed by time intervals and containing empty arrays
291 # The time object must come first in addition!
292 # i would start at 0, i+1 goes from 1 up till numcols
293 numcols.times {|i| buckets[starttime + ((i+1)*interval_length)] = []}
295 # Put votes into bucket according to the time interval to which they belong,
296 # referenced by their key
297 # Will build a graph over time, as each successive interval will have more
299 election.votes.each do |vote|
300 next unless vote.time
301 buckets.keys.sort.each do |inter|
303 buckets[inter] << vote
308 total_per_interval = buckets.keys.sort.collect {|key| buckets[key].size}
310 # Create the hash for the labels. Each graph has ten columns, and three
312 if timedelta < 2.hours #under two hours use minutes for labels
313 labels_hash[0] = "Start"
314 labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = fmt_decimal((timedelta/120)) #halfway
315 labels_hash[numcols-1] = fmt_decimal((timedelta/60))
316 interval_type = "Minutes After Start"
317 elsif timedelta < 2.days #more than 2 hours means use hours for labels
318 labels_hash[0] = "Start"
319 labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = fmt_decimal((timedelta/7200))
320 labels_hash[numcols-1] = fmt_decimal((timedelta/3600))
321 interval_type = "Hours After Start (Up to 48)"
322 else #more than 2 days means use dates for labels
323 labels_hash[0] = (Date.parse(starttime.to_s)).to_s
324 labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = (Date.parse((starttime + (timedelta/2)).to_s)).to_s
325 labels_hash[numcols-1] = (Date.today).to_s
326 interval_type = "The Date"
329 # Make sure to return an array for data and hash for labels
330 return total_per_interval, labels_hash, interval_type
333 def fmt_decimal(number)
334 sprintf( "%0.1f", number)
337 def get_borda_points(result)
341 #Populate points with an sorted array from election.votes hash
342 #biggest to smallest will go from left to right
343 points = result.points.sort do |a, b|
345 end.collect {|i| i[1]}
348 result.ranked_candidates.each_with_index do |candidate, index|
349 labels[index] = Candidate.find(candidate).name
352 return points, labels
355 #most vote result objects require an array of vote arrays, which this will make
356 def make_preference_tally(election)
357 preference_tally = Array.new
358 @election.voters.each do |voter|
359 next unless voter.voted?
360 preference_tally << voter.vote.rankings.sort.collect \
361 { |ranking| ranking.candidate.id }
363 return preference_tally