Added a simple slot allocation algorithm
Comes with a whole bunch of tests, but not nearly enough.
Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier
#!/usr/bin/python2.5
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"""Slot allocation logic.
"""
__authors__ = [
'"Sverre Rabbelier" <sverre@rabbelier.nl>',
]
import itertools
import math
class Error(Exception):
"""Error class for the Allocation module.
"""
pass
class Allocator(object):
"""A simple student slots allocator.
The buildSets method is used to validate the allocation data as well as
construct the sets that the algorithm then uses to distribute the slots.
By separating these steps it is possible to write a different allocation
algorithm but re-use the sets and validation logic.
"""
# I tried to write explicit code that does not require any
# additional comments (with the exception of the set notation for
# the convenience of any mathematicians that happen to read this
# piece of code ;).
def __init__(self, orgs, applications, slots, max_slots_per_org):
"""Initializes the allocator.
Args:
orgs: a list of all the orgs that need to be allocated
applications: a dictionary with for each org a list of applicants
slots: the total amount of available slots
"""
all_applications = []
for _, value in applications.iteritems():
all_applications += value
self.slots = slots
self.max_slots_per_org = max_slots_per_org
self.orgs = set(orgs)
self.applications = applications
self.all_applications = set(all_applications)
def allocate(self, locked_slots, adjusted_slots):
"""Allocates the slots and returns the result.
Args:
locked_slots: a dict with orgs and the number of slots they get
adjusted_slots: a dict with orgs and the number of extra slots they get
"""
self.locked_slots = locked_slots
self.adjusted_slots = adjusted_slots
self.buildSets()
return self.iterativeAllocation()
def buildSets(self):
"""Allocates slots with the specified constraints
"""
# set s
all_applications = self.all_applications
locked_slots = self.locked_slots
adjusted_slots = self.adjusted_slots
# set a and b
locked_orgs = set(locked_slots.keys())
adjusted_orgs = set(adjusted_slots.keys())
# set a' and b'
unlocked_orgs = self.orgs.difference(locked_orgs)
unadjusted_orgs = self.orgs.difference(adjusted_orgs)
# set a*b and a'*b'
locked_and_adjusted_orgs = locked_orgs.intersection(adjusted_orgs)
unlocked_and_unadjusted_orgs = unlocked_orgs.intersection(unadjusted_orgs)
# a+o and b+o should be o
locked_orgs_or_orgs = self.orgs.union(locked_orgs)
adjusted_orgs_or_orgs = self.orgs.union(adjusted_orgs)
# an item can be only a or b, so a*b should be empty
if locked_and_adjusted_orgs:
raise Error("Cannot have an org locked and adjusted")
# a+o should be o, testing length is enough though
if len(locked_orgs_or_orgs) != len(self.orgs):
raise Error("Unknown org as locked slot")
# same for b+o
if len(adjusted_orgs_or_orgs) != len(self.orgs):
raise Error("Unknown org as adjusted slot")
# set l and l'
locked_applications = set(itertools.chain(*locked_slots.keys()))
unlocked_applications = all_applications.difference(locked_applications)
self.adjusted_orgss = adjusted_orgs
self.locked_orgs = locked_orgs
self.unlocked_applications = unlocked_applications
def iterativeAllocation(self):
"""A simple iterative algorithm.
"""
adjusted_orgs = self.adjusted_orgss
adjusted_slots = self.adjusted_slots
locked_orgs = self.locked_orgs
locked_slots = self.locked_slots
unlocked_applications = self.unlocked_applications
unlocked_applications_count = len(unlocked_applications)
unallocated_applications_count = unlocked_applications_count
available_slots = self.slots
allocations = {}
for org in self.orgs:
org_applications = self.applications[org]
org_applications_count = len(org_applications)
if org in locked_orgs:
slots = locked_slots[org]
else:
weight = float(org_applications_count) / unallocated_applications_count
slots = int(math.floor(weight*available_slots))
if org in adjusted_orgs:
slots += adjusted_slots[org]
slots = min(slots, self.max_slots_per_org)
slots = min(slots, org_applications_count)
slots = min(slots, available_slots)
allocations[org] = slots
available_slots -= slots
unallocated_applications_count -= org_applications_count
return allocations