def proscore(self):
"""A modified prognosis score that omits factors associated with uninteresting bills, such as naming post offices. Only truly valid for current bills, and useless to compare across Congresses, but returns a value for all bills."""
# To aid search, especially for non-current bills, add in something to give most recently active bills a boost.
type_boost = {
BillType.senate_bill: 1.0, BillType.house_bill: 1.0,
BillType.senate_resolution: 0.2, BillType.house_resolution: 0.2,
BillType.senate_concurrent_resolution: 0.3, BillType.house_concurrent_resolution: 0.3,
BillType.senate_joint_resolution: 0.75, BillType.house_joint_resolution: 0.75,
}
cstart, cend = get_congress_dates(self.congress)
csd = self.current_status_date
if hasattr(csd, 'date'): csd = csd.date()
r = (csd - cstart).days / 365.0 # ranges from 0.0 to about 2.0.
if self.is_current:
from prognosis import compute_prognosis
r += compute_prognosis(self, proscore=True)["prediction"]
r *= type_boost[self.bill_type]
return r
def get_prognosis(self):
if self.congress != settings.CURRENT_CONGRESS: return None
import prognosis
prog = prognosis.compute_prognosis(self)
prog["congressdates"] = get_congress_dates(prog["congress"])
return prog
