Mirror of a Majority Judgment library for Java
You can not select more than 25 topics Topics must start with a letter or number, can include dashes ('-') and can be up to 35 characters long.
Go to file
Dominique Merle a6098b9c17
fix: a ultimate, critical breaking bug, seconds before release of course
3 years ago
.github/workflows chore(ci): run in batch mode to get leaner logs 3 years ago
bin chore(git): ignore "build" files in bin/ 3 years ago
src fix: a ultimate, critical breaking bug, seconds before release of course 3 years ago
.gitignore docs: document usage of maven 3 years ago
LICENSE.md feat: implement a majority judgment deliberator 3 years ago
README.md docs: fix the headline 3 years ago
build.gradle docs: document usage of maven 3 years ago
pom.xml chore(maven): configure a POM 3 years ago
settings.gradle chore(packaging): add some gradle configuration 3 years ago

README.md

Majority Judgment Library for Java

MIT Build Status Release Join the Discord chat at https://discord.gg/rAAQG9S

Test-driven java library to help deliberate using Majority Judgment.

The goal is to be scalable, reliable, fast and extensible. We therefore use a score-based algorithm and no floating-point arithmetic whatsoever.

Example Usage

Collect the tallies for each Proposal (aka. Candidate) by your own means, provide them to the MajorityJudgmentDeliberator, and get back the rank of each Proposal.

Let's say you have the following tally:

To Reject Poor Passable Somewhat Good Good Very Good Excellent
Proposal A 4 5 2 1 3 1 2
Proposal B 3 6 2 2 2 1 2
DeliberatorInterface mj = new MajorityJudgmentDeliberator();
TallyInterface tally = new Tally(new ProposalTallyInterface[] {
        // Amounts of judgments received for each grade, from "worst" grade to "best" grade
        new ProposalTally(new Integer[]{4, 5, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2}),  // Proposal A
        new ProposalTally(new Integer[]{3, 6, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2}),  // Proposal B
        // …
}, 18);
ResultInterface result = mj.deliberate(tally);

// Each proposal result has a rank, and results are returned by input order
assert(2 == result.getProposalResults().length);
assert(2 == result.getProposalResults()[0].getRank());  // Proposal A
assert(1 == result.getProposalResults()[1].getRank());  // Proposal B

Got more than 2³² judges? Use a Long[] in a ProposalTally.

Roadmap

  • Unit-Tests
  • Deliberation algorithm
    • Tally Analysis
    • Score Calculus
    • Ranking
  • Release v0.1.0
  • Guess the amount of judges
  • Allow defining a default grade
    • Static Grade (configurable)
    • Median Grade
    • Normalization (using smallest common multiple)
  • Release v0.2.0
  • Publish on package repositories
    • Gradle
    • Maven
    • … ? (please share your knowledge to help us!)
  • Release v0.3.0
  • Use it somewhere in another app, adjust API as needed (one last time)
  • Release v1.0.0

Gondor calls for Help!

We are not accustomed to Java library development and we'd love reviews from seasoned veterans !

Feel free to fork and request merges for your contributions and active readings !

Run the test-suite

Install maven, and run:

mvn test

Maven is available as a debian package: apt install maven

You can also use a runner in Eclipse. (CTRL+F11 to rerun)

License

MITDo whatever you want except complain.

Majority Judgment itself is part of the Commons, obviously.

Fund us

We'd love to invest more energy in Majority Judgment development.

Please consider funding us, every bit helps : https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QD6U4D323WV4S