Revise predicted consequences of user and manager actions
bradduthie opened this issue · 1 comments
In functions in the genetic algorithm res_to_counts
and policy_to_counts
, the projected consequences of actions needs to be fine tuned. As of now, it predicts one fewer resource from movem
, killem
, and castem
, and one more resource from feedem
and helpem
in res_to_counts
. In policy_to_counts
, it predicts one fewer resource for killem
and one more resource for feedem
and helpem
. Really, there should probably at least be an option to use more precise estimates of what will happen. For the user function, this matters a bit less because stake-holders typically just want more or less of a resource. Managers, however, are trying to hit a middle ground a lot of the time; it is also more reasonable to assume that they have demographic information on the resources of interest.
This issue has been more-or-less resolved, in that a parameter now controls the predicted consequences for a manager, and it can predict a smaller change in actions from setting a policy (e.g., predicting 0.1 fewer resources from killem
instead of 1 fewer resources.