minnestar / sessionizer

  class Schedule

    def initialize(event)

      @ctx = Scheduling::Context.new(event)

      @slots_by_session = {}                            # map from session to timeslot

      @sessions_by_slot = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = [] }  # map from timeslot to array of sessions

      fill_schedule!(

        event.sessions

          .where(manually_scheduled: false)

          .includes(:timeslot)

          .to_a)

    end

    def initialize_copy(source)  # deep copy; called by dup

      @slots_by_session = @slots_by_session.dup

      @sessions_by_slot = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = [] }

      @slots_by_session.each { |session, slot| @sessions_by_slot[slot] << session }

    end

    def slot_id_for(session_id)

      @slots_by_session[session_id].id

    end

  private

    attr_reader :ctx

    class Unassigned  # placeholder for empty room

      def to_s

        "<< open >>"

      end

    end

  public

    # ------------ Scoring ------------

    # This is the metric we're trying to minimize. It's called "energy" in simulated annealing by analogy to the

    # real-life physical process of annealing, in which a cooling material minimizes the energy of its chemical bonds.

    #

    def energy

       (1 - attendance_score) +

       (1 - presenter_score) * ctx.people.size  # Multiplier b/c presenter double-bookings trump attendance prefs

    end

    # Average attendee satisfaction with the schedule, measured as the estimated fraction of the total value

    # of all their desired sessions that this schedule will give them. (1 = perfect schedule for everyone;

    # 0 = no attendees can attend any desired sessions at all.)

    #

    def attendance_score

      score(:attending)

    end

    # Average ability of presenter to present all the sessions they signed up for. For an optimized schedule,

    # this should always be 1 unless a presenter created an inherent conflict (e.g. signing up to present more

    # sessions than there are timeslots.)

    #

    def presenter_score

      score(:presenting)

    end

    # Gives bounds on the possible range of attendance_score. Returns [best, random, worst] scores.

    def attendance_score_metrics

      count = ctx.people.size.to_f

      %i(

        worst_possible_score

        random_schedule_score

        best_possible_score

      ).map do |metric|

        ctx.people.sum { |p| p.attending.send(metric) } / count

      end

    end

  private

    def score(role)

      count = ctx.people.size

      score = ctx.people.sum do |person|

        person.send(role).score(self)

      end

      if count == 0

        1

      else

        score / count

      end

    end

  public

    # ------------ State space traversal ------------

    # Fill the schedule, using existing timeslots if any are present, assigning the remaining sessions

    # randomly, then adding Unassigned placeholders to openings in the schedule.

    #

    def fill_schedule!(sessions)

      sessions.each do |session|

        schedule(session.id, session.timeslot) if session.timeslot

      end

      unassigned = sessions.reject(&:timeslot)

      ctx.timeslots.each do |slot|

        opening_count = ctx.room_count - @sessions_by_slot[slot].size

        slot_sessions = (unassigned.slice!(0, opening_count) || []).map(&:id)

        slot_sessions << Unassigned.new while slot_sessions.size < opening_count

        slot_sessions.each { |session| schedule(session, slot)  }

      end

      unless unassigned.empty?

        raise "Not enough room / slot combinations! There are #{sessions.size} sessions, but only #{ctx.timeslots.size} times slots * #{ctx.room_count} rooms = #{ctx.timeslots.size * ctx.room_count} combinations."

      end

    end

    # Return a similar but slightly different schedule. Used by the annealing algorithm to explore

    # the scheduling space.

    #

    def random_neighbor

      dup.random_neighbor!

    end

    def random_neighbor!

      # Choose 2 or more random sessions in distinct time slots

      k = 1.0 / (ctx.timeslots.size - 1)

      cycle_size = 1 + ((1 + k) / (rand + k)).floor

      slot_cycle = ctx.timeslots.shuffle.slice(0, cycle_size)

      # Rotate their assignments

      slot_cycle.each_with_index do |old_slot, i|

        new_slot = slot_cycle[(i+1) % slot_cycle.size]

        schedule @sessions_by_slot[old_slot].sample, new_slot

      end

      self

    end

  private

    def schedule(session, new_slot)

      old_slot = @slots_by_session[session]

      @sessions_by_slot[old_slot].delete(session) if old_slot

      @slots_by_session[session] = new_slot

      @sessions_by_slot[new_slot] << session if new_slot

    end

  public

    # ------------ Managing results ------------

    def save!

      Session.transaction do

        ctx.timeslots.sort_by(&:starts_at).each do |slot|

          puts slot

          sessions = Session.find(

          sessions.sort_by { |s| -s.attendance_count }.each do |session|

            puts "    #{session.id} #{session.title}" +

                 " (#{session.attendances.count} vote(s) / #{'%1.1f' % session.estimated_interest} interest)"

            session.timeslot = slot

            session.room = nil  # Rooms have to be reassigned after rearranging timeslots

            session.save!

          end

        end

      end

    end

    def inspect

      worst_score, random_score, best_score = self.attendance_score_metrics

      attendance_score_scaled = (attendance_score - random_score) / (best_score - random_score)

      s = "Schedule\n"

      s << "| quality vs. random = #{format_percent attendance_score_scaled} (0% is no better than random; 100% is unachievable; > 50% is good)\n"

      s << "| absolute satisfaction = #{format_percent attendance_score} of impossibly perfect schedule\n"

      s << "| presenter score = #{format_percent presenter_score} (if < 100 then speakers are double-booked)\n"

      ctx.timeslots.each do |slot|

        s << "  #{slot}: #{@sessions_by_slot[slot].join(' ')}\n"

      end

      s

    end

    def inspect_bounds

      worst_score, random_score, best_score = self.attendance_score_metrics

      s =  "If we could give everyone a different schedule optimized just for them,\n"

      s << "the schedule quality could be...\n"

      s << "\n"

      s << "    at worst #{'%03.3f' % ((worst_score) * 100)}%\n"

      s << "     at best #{'%03.3f' % ((best_score ) * 100)}%\n"

      s << "\n"

      s << "Note that these are outer limits on what is possible.\n"

      s << "Neither the best nor the worst score is likely to be achievable.\n"

      s << "\n"

      s << "If we pick a schedule at random, its score will be about\n"

      s << "\n"

      s << "             #{'%03.3f' % ((random_score) * 100)}%\n"

      s << "\n"

      s << "...and that's what we're trying to improve on.\n"

    end

  private

    def format_percent(x)

      "#{'%1.3f' % (x * 100)}%"

    end

  end