Voter simulation script vosim-alex

[Michael Allan]

I scripted an improved batch simulator for voters:

  http://zelea.com/system/host/t/home/voff/bin/vosim-alex

To build up the delegate structure, you run it in stages:

  vosim-alex a-c
  vosim-alex a-c 1-2
  vosim-alex a-c 1-2 p-q
  vosim-alex a-c 1-2 p-q 1-3

If the output looks sane, you pipe it to bash:

  vosim-alex a-c | bash
  vosim-alex a-c 1-2 | bash
  vosim-alex a-c 1-2 p-q | bash
  vosim-alex a-c 1-2 p-q 1-3 | bash

Then run vox-list and vox-count.  Here are the results.

  http://t.zelea.com:8080/voff/w/Count/?s=test-trinity-spadina-mp
  
Totals are 57 voter registrations, and 54 votes cast - with 18 flowing
to each of the leading candidates (a,b,c).

    3
  + 3 * 2
  + 3 * 2 * 2
  + 3 * 2 * 2 * 3
  ---------------
  = 3 + 6 + 12 + 36

Ken wanted roughly 100 voters.  This will give 102:

  vosim-alex a-c
  vosim-alex a-c 1-2
  vosim-alex a-c 1-2 p-s
  vosim-alex a-c 1-2 p-s 1-3

    3
  + 3 * 2
  + 3 * 2 * 4
  + 3 * 2 * 4 * 3
  ---------------
  = 3 + 6 + 24 + 72

(Caveat, it runs slowly.  The command shell is loaded for every
 separate voter command.  In the next release, the shell will accept
 the piped output directly, and it will run much faster.)

-- 
Michael Allan

Toronto, 647-436-4521
http://zelea.com/