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#   Algorithm::Pair::Best2.pm
#
#   Copyright (C) 2004-2011 Reid Augustin reid@HelloSix.com
#
#   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
#   under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or, at your
#   option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.
#
#   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.
#

use 5.002;
use strict;
use warnings;

package Algorithm::Pair::Best2;

our $VERSION = '2.040'; # VERSION

# ABSTRACT: select pairings (designed for Go tournaments, but can be used for anything).

use Carp;

sub new {
    my ($proto, %args) = @_;

    my $self = {};
    $self->{scoreSub} = delete $args{scoreSub}
                          || sub { croak "No scoreSub() callback" };
    $self->{items}    = delete $args{items}    || [];
    $self->{progress} = delete $args{progress} || sub { };
    $self->{window}   = delete $args{window}   || 5;
    if (keys %args) {
        croak sprintf "Unknown option%s to %s->new: %s",
                scalar(keys %args) > 1 ? 's' : '',
                __PACKAGE__,
                join(', ', keys %args);
    }
    return bless($self, ref($proto) || $proto);
}

### my (%cache, %all, @head); # debug variables.
###
###
### sub dbg_hash {
###     my ($self, $key, $val) = @_;
###
###     my $cache = \%cache;
###     my $array;
###     for my $pair (split ',', $key) {
###         $array = $cache->{$pair} ||= [];
###         $cache = $array->[0] ||= {};
###     }
###     if (@_ > 2) {
###         $array->[1] = $val;
###     }
###     return $cache;
### }
###
### sub make_key {
###     my ($self, @idxs) = @_;
###
###     my %seen;
###     my @pairs;
###     my $idx = 0;
###     while ($idx < @idxs) {
###         if (exists $seen{$idxs[$idx]} or exists $seen{$idxs[$idx + 1]}) {
###             croak("Duplicate index");
###         }
###         $seen{$idxs[$idx]} = $seen{$idxs[$idx + 1]} = 1;
###         push @pairs, join '-', sort $idxs[$idx], $idxs[$idx + 1];
###         $idx += 2;
###     }
###     my $key = join ',', sort @pairs;
###     # $key = ' ' x (25 - length $key) . $key;
###     return $key;
### }
###
#### you might want to adjust this for your items...
### sub print_items {

lib/Algorithm/Pair/Best2.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

sub _r_best {
    my ($self, $depth, $best_score, @idxs) = @_;

    if (@idxs <= 2) {
        croak sprintf("%d items left", scalar @idxs) if (@idxs <= 1);
        return ($self->get_score(@idxs), @idxs);
    }

    my @best_trial = @idxs;  # copy in case there is no improvement
    my ($trial_0, $trial_1, @tail) = @idxs;  # working copy

### push @head, $trial_0;
    for my $idx (0 .. @idxs - 2) {
### push @head, $trial_1;
### $all{$self->make_key(@head, @tail)} = 0 if (@tail == 2); # collect every combination
        # recursively get best pairing for tail
        my ($trial_score, @trial_tail) = $self->_r_best($depth + 1, $best_score, @tail);
        # add score for top pair
        $trial_score += $self->get_score($trial_0, $trial_1);   # first pair
### print join(', ', $trial_0, $trial_1, @trial_tail, $self->make_key($trial_0, $trial_1, @trial_tail)), "\n" if ($depth == 0);
### $self->dbg_hash($self->make_key($trial_0, $trial_1, @trial_tail), $trial_score);

        if ($trial_score < $best_score) {
            # aha! a potential candidate. save it
            $best_score = $trial_score;
            @best_trial = ($trial_0, $trial_1, @trial_tail);
            ## printf "%2d %2d Best     %8.5f idxs %s\n",
            ##     $depth,
            ##     $idx,
            ##     $best_score,
            ##     $self->print_items(@best_trial) if ($depth < 2);
        }
        else {
            ## printf "%2d %2d Not best %8.5f idxs %s\n",
            ##     $depth,
            ##     $idx,
            ##     $trial_score,
            ##     $self->print_items($trial_0, $trial_1, @trial_tail) if ($depth < 2);
        }
        # hold $trial_0 in slot 0, rotate all items below it
        push @tail, $trial_1;   # add second item to end of tail
        $trial_1 = shift @tail; # move third item into second slot
### pop @head;
    }
### pop @head;
### my $key = $self->make_key(@best_trial);
### print "best: $key = $best_score\n" if ($depth == 0);
    return ($best_score, @best_trial);
}

1;

__END__

=pod

=encoding UTF-8

=head1 NAME

Algorithm::Pair::Best2 - select pairings (designed for Go tournaments, but can be used for anything).

=head1 VERSION

version 2.040

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use Algorithm::Pair::Best2;

    my $pair = Algorithm::Pair::Best2->new( [ options ] );

    $pair->add( item, [ item, ... ] );

    @new_pairs = $pair->pick( [ window ] );

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This is a re-write of Algorithm::Pair::Best.  The interface is simplified
and the implementation is significantly streamlined.

After creating an Algorithm::Pair::Best2 object (with -E<gt>B<new>), B<add>
items to the list of items (i.e: players) to be paired.  The final list
must contain an even number of items or B<pick>ing the pairs will throw an
exception.

Algorithm::Pair::Best2-E<gt>B<pick> explores all combinations of items and
returns the pairing list with the best (lowest) score.  This can be an
expensive proposition - the number of combinations goes up very fast with
respect to the number of items:

    items combinations
      2         1       (1)
      4         3       (1 * 3)
      6        15       (1 * 3 * 5)
      8       105       (1 * 3 * 5 * 7)
     10       945       (1 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 9
     12     10395       (1 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 9 * 11)
     14    135135       (1 * 3 * 5 * 7 * 9 * 11 * 13)

It is clearly unreasonable to try to pair a significant number of items.
Trying to completely pair even 30 items would take too long.

Fortunately, there is a way to get pretty good results for big lists,
even if they're not perfect.  Instead of trying to pair the whole list
at once, Algorithm::Pair::Best2 pairs a series of smaller groups in a
sliding window to get good 'local' results.

The B<-E<gt>new> method accepts a B<window> option to limit the number
of pairs in the sliding window.  The B<window> option can also be
overridden by calling B<pick> with an explicit window argument:

    $pair->pick($window);

The list should be at least partially sorted so that reasonable
pairing candidates are within the 'sliding window' of each other.
Otherwise the final results may not be globally 'best', but only
locally good.  For (e.g.) a tournament, sorting by rank is sufficient.

Here's how a window value of 5 works:  the best list for items 1
through 10 (5 pairs) is found.  Save the pairing for the top two items
and then slide the window down to pair items 2 through 12.  Save the
top pairing from this result and slide down again to items 4 through
14.  Keep sliding the window down until we reach the last 10 items
(which are completed in one iteration).  In this way, a large number
of pairings can be completed without taking factorial time.

=head1 METHODS

=over

=item my $pair = B<Algorithm::Pair::Best2-E<gt>new>( options )

Creates a B<new> Algorithm::Pair::Best2 object.

=item $pair-E<gt>B<add> ( item, [ item, ...] )

Add an item (or several items) to be paired.  Item(s) can be any scalar
or reference.  They will be passed (a pair at a time) to the B<scoreSub>
callback.

=item @new_pairs = $pair-E<gt>B<pick> ( ?$window? )

Returns the best pairing found using the sliding window technique as
discussed in DESCRIPTION above.  B<window> is the number of pairs in the
sliding window.  If no B<window> argument is passed, the B<window> selected
in the B<new>, or the default value is used.

B<pick> returns the list (or a reference to the list in scalar context) of
items in pairing order: new_pair[0] is paired to new_pair[1], new_pair[2]
to new_pair[3], etc.

If the number of items in the list (from B<add>) is not even, an exception
is thrown.

=back

=head1 OPTIONS

The B<-E<gt>new> method accepts the following options:

=over 4

=item B<window> => number of pairs

Sets the default number of pairs in the sliding window during B<pick>.  Can
also be set by passing a B<window> argument to B<pick>.

Default: 5

=item B<scoreSub> => reference to scoring callback

The callback is called as B<scoreSub>(item_0, item_1), where item_0 and item_1
are members of the list created by B<add>ing items.  The callback must
return a positive number representing the 'badness' of this pairing.  A
good pairing should have a number closer to 0 than a worse pairing.  If
B<scoreSub> returns a negative number, an exception is thrown.

B<scoreSub>(A, B) should be equal to B<scoreSub>(B, A).  B<scoreSub>(A, B)
is called only one time (for any particular A and B), and the result is
cached.  B<scoreSub>(B, A) is never called.

Note that scores are always positive (Algorithm::Pair::Best2 searches for
the lowest combined score).

Default: a subroutine that throws an exception.

=item B<progress> => reference to progress callback

Each time a pair is finalized in the B<pick> routine, the
B<progress>($item_0, $item_1, $idx_0, $idx_1) callback is called where
$item_0 and $item_1 are the most recently finalized pair, and $idx_0, $idx_1
are their indices in $pair's B<items> array:

  progress => sub {
    my ($item_0, $item_1, $idx_0, $idx_1) = @_;

    my $score = $pair->get_score($idx_0, $idx_1);   # get the score of this particular pairing
    # assuming $items have a 'name' method that returns a string:
    print $item_0->name, " paired with ", $item_1->name, ", score $score\n";
  },

Default: a subroutine that does nothing.

=back