randomtourney: Generates a randomized tournament with random outcomes

In jalapic/compete: Analyzing Social Hierarchies

Description

Generates a randomized tournament with random outcomes

Usage

randomtourney(n, matchups = 2, pties = 0, ints = 100, type = "char")

Arguments

n	Number of individuals in tournament
matchups	Number of times individuals compete in tournament. Can be a numeric input, or, if matchups="random" interactions are random
pties	Probability of each individual matchup ending in a tie. Default is 0, i.e. no ties. Needs to be a number between 0 and 1.
ints	The number of interactions in the tournament if matchups are set to random.
type	Whether to return results as W/L characters or 1/2 numbers. type="char" is the default, type="nums" returns 1/2 numbers referring to winner as id1 or id2

Value

A competition results dataframe

Further details

Specify number of individuals to compete in a tournament and the number of times they compete with each other. Winners and losers are determined at random. The resulting dataframe will have variables: id1, id2, result. Result refers to the outcome from id1's perspective, i.e. a "W" refers to id1 beating id2, and a "L" refers to id2 beating id1. Individuals are referred to by a random assignment of two conjoined letters.

Examples

randomtourney(20,2) #20 individuals interact twice with each other
randomtourney(5,6) #5 individuals interact six times with each other
randomtourney(8) #8 individuals interact twice with each other

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