pythagora.generate

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Includes all methods needed to generate initial marketplace environment.

Function	`generate_initial_agents`	Generates initial lists of buyers and sellers in the market.
Function	`get_inadequate_communities`	Gets a list of communities that do not contain the minimum number of buyers. Helper method for community generation.
Function	`initialize_market_environment`	Generate a generic initial market environment.
Function	`make_initial_communities`	Generate initial CommunitySet.
Function	`minimum_community_fill`	Checks if each community has the specific minimum number of buyers. Note: Helper method for community generation.

def generate_initial_agents(num_buyers, assemblage): ¶

Generates initial lists of buyers and sellers in the market.

Parameters
num_buyers	Undocumented
assemblage	list of items for sale in market @param num_buyers number of buyers to add to Market @return Market with initial agents

def get_inadequate_communities(group_of_communities, min_community_fill): ¶

Gets a list of communities that do not contain the minimum number of buyers. Helper method for community generation.

Parameters
group_of_communities	CommunitySet object
min_community_fill	minimum number of buyers in each community. @return list of communities with less than min num buyers.

def initialize_market_environment(num_buyers, min_communities, min_community_fill, assemblage): ¶

Generate a generic initial market environment.

Parameters
num_buyers	number of buyers in market environment
min_communities	minimum number of communities
min_community_fill	minimum number of buyers per community @return CommunitySet object representing initialized market
assemblage	Undocumented

def make_initial_communities(list_of_buyers, min_number_of_communities, min_community_fill, assemblage): ¶

Generate initial CommunitySet.

Parameters
list_of_buyers	buyers in the market
min_number_of_communities	minimum number of communities
min_community_fill	minimum number of buyers per community
assemblage	list of items for sale
Returns
CommunitySet

def minimum_community_fill(group_of_communities, min_community_fill): ¶

Checks if each community has the specific minimum number of buyers. Note: Helper method for community generation.

Parameters
group_of_communities	CommunitySet object
min_community_fill	minimum number of buyers in each community. @return True if all communities have minimum number of buyers; False otherwise.