Exemple #1
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def choose_spouse(person, eligible_mates):
    """
    Once lists of marrying men and women are created, this function chooses a 
    wife for a particular male based on the age differential between the man 
    and each woman, based on observed data.
    """
    sp_probs = []
    for eligible_mate in eligible_mates:
        if person.get_sex == "male":
            agediff = person.get_age_years() - eligible_mate.get_age_years()
        else:
            agediff = eligible_mate.get_age_years() - person.get_age_years()
        if person.get_sex() == eligible_mate.get_sex() or \
                person.get_ethnicity() != eligible_mate.get_ethnicity() or \
                person.is_sibling(eligible_mate):
            sp_probs.append(0)
        else:
            sp_probs.append(calc_prob_from_prob_dist(rcParams['spousechoice.male.agediff'], agediff))
        #print "f", eligible_mate.get_age_years(),
        #print "m", male.get_age_years(), "|",
    if sum(sp_probs) == 0:
        # In this case NONE of the eligible_mates are eligible (all of different
        # ethnicities than the person).
        return None
    num = np.random.rand() * np.sum(sp_probs)
    sp_probs = np.cumsum(sp_probs)
    n = 0
    for problim in sp_probs[0:-1]:
        if num <= problim:
            break
        n += 1
    return eligible_mates[n]
Exemple #2
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def calc_education_level(person):
    """
    Calculate education level for person, based on results of empirical analysis of CVFS panel data.
    """
    levels = rcParams['education.depvar_levels']

    intercepts = [rcParams['education.coef.y>=gt0lt4'],
                  rcParams['education.coef.y>=gt4lt8'],
                  rcParams['education.coef.y>=gt8lt11'],
                  rcParams['education.coef.y>=gt11']]

    prob_y_gte_j = np.zeros(len(levels) - 1) # probability y >= j
    for n in np.arange(len(prob_y_gte_j)):
        intercept = intercepts[n]
        xb_sum = 0

        # Individual-level characteristics
        if person.get_sex() == "female":
            xb_sum += rcParams['education.coef.gender=female']

        if person.get_ethnicity() == "HighHindu":
            # This was the reference class
            pass
        elif person.get_ethnicity() == "HillTibeto":
            xb_sum += rcParams['education.coef.ethnic=HillTibeto']
        elif person.get_ethnicity() == "LowHindu":
            xb_sum += rcParams['education.coef.ethnic=LowHindu']
        elif person.get_ethnicity() == "Newar":
            xb_sum += rcParams['education.coef.ethnic=Newar']
        elif person.get_ethnicity() == "TeraiTibeto":
            xb_sum += rcParams['education.coef.ethnic=TeraiTibeto']
        else:
            raise StatisticsError("No coefficient was specified for ethnicity '%s'"%person.get_ethnicity())

        # Neighborhood-level characteristics
        neighborhood = person.get_parent_agent().get_parent_agent()
        xb_sum += rcParams['education.coef.avg_yrs_services_lt15'] * \
                neighborhood._avg_yrs_services_lt15

        prob_y_gte_j[n] = 1. / (1 + np.exp(-(intercept + xb_sum)))

    prob_y_eq_j = np.zeros(4) # probability y == j
    prob_y_eq_j[0] = 1 - prob_y_gte_j[0]
    # Loop over all but the first cell of prob_y_eq_j
    for j in np.arange(1, len(prob_y_gte_j)):
        prob_y_lt_j = np.sum(prob_y_eq_j[0:j])
        prob_y_eq_j[j] = 1 - prob_y_gte_j[j] - prob_y_lt_j
    prob_cutoffs = np.cumsum(prob_y_eq_j)
    prob_cutoffs[-1]  = 1

    # Code for testing only:
    #print prob_cutoffs

    rand = np.random.rand()
    for n in np.arange(len(prob_cutoffs)):
        if rand <= prob_cutoffs[n]:
            return levels[n]
    # Should never reach the next line.
    raise StatisticsError("Check level calculation - no class predicted")