generate_dirichlet: Generate multinomial scores

In voteSim: Generate Simulated Data for Voting Rules using Evaluations

Generate multinomial scores

Description

This function generates scores following a Dirichlet distribution

Usage

generate_dirichlet(n_voters, n_candidates, probs = 0)

Arguments

n_voters	integer, the number of voters to generate scores for.
n_candidates	integer, The number of candidates to generate scores for.
probs	A vector of size n_candidates corresponding to the parameters of the Dirichlet distribution. By default all values are equal to 1.

Value

A matrix of scores with 'n_candidates' rows and 'n_voters' columns.

Examples

voting_situation <- generate_dirichlet(n_voters=10, n_candidates=3,  probs=c(0.5, 0.3, 0.2))

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