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Bradley-Terry

evalica.bradley_terry(xs, ys, winners, index=None, weights=None, win_weight=1.0, tie_weight=0.5, solver=SOLVER, tolerance=1e-06, limit=100, **kwargs)

Compute the Bradley-Terry scores for the given pairwise comparison.

Quote

Bradley, R.A., Terry, M.E.: Rank Analysis of Incomplete Block Designs: I. The Method of Paired Comparisons. Biometrika. 39, 324–345 (1952). https://doi.org/10.2307/2334029.

Quote

Newman, M.E.J.: Efficient Computation of Rankings from Pairwise Comparisons. Journal of Machine Learning Research. 24, 1–25 (2023). https://www.jmlr.org/papers/v24/22-1086.html.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
xs Collection[T_contra]

The left-hand side elements.

required
ys Collection[T_contra]

The right-hand side elements.

required
winners Collection[Winner]

The winner elements.

required
index Index | None

The index.

None
weights Collection[float] | None

The example weights.

None
win_weight float

The win weight.

1.0
tie_weight float

The tie weight.

0.5
solver Literal['naive', 'pyo3']

The solver.

SOLVER
tolerance float

The convergence tolerance.

1e-06
limit int

The maximum number of iterations.

100
**kwargs Any

The additional arguments.

{}

Returns:

Type Description
BradleyTerryResult

The Bradley-Terry result.

Source code in evalica/__init__.py
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def bradley_terry(
    xs: Collection[T_contra],
    ys: Collection[T_contra],
    winners: Collection[Winner],
    index: pd.Index | None = None,
    weights: Collection[float] | None = None,
    win_weight: float = 1.0,
    tie_weight: float = 0.5,
    solver: Literal["naive", "pyo3"] = SOLVER,
    tolerance: float = 1e-6,
    limit: int = 100,
    **kwargs: Any,  # noqa: ANN401, ARG001
) -> BradleyTerryResult:
    """
    Compute the Bradley-Terry scores for the given pairwise comparison.

    Quote:
        Bradley, R.A., Terry, M.E.: Rank Analysis of Incomplete Block Designs: I.
        The Method of Paired Comparisons. Biometrika. 39, 324–345 (1952).
        <https://doi.org/10.2307/2334029>.

    Quote:
        Newman, M.E.J.: Efficient Computation of Rankings from Pairwise Comparisons.
        Journal of Machine Learning Research. 24, 1&ndash;25 (2023).
        <https://www.jmlr.org/papers/v24/22-1086.html>.

    Args:
        xs: The left-hand side elements.
        ys: The right-hand side elements.
        winners: The winner elements.
        index: The index.
        weights: The example weights.
        win_weight: The win weight.
        tie_weight: The tie weight.
        solver: The solver.
        tolerance: The convergence tolerance.
        limit: The maximum number of iterations.
        **kwargs: The additional arguments.

    Returns:
        The Bradley-Terry result.

    """
    assert np.isfinite(win_weight), "win_weight must be finite"
    assert np.isfinite(tie_weight), "tie_weight must be finite"

    xs_indexed, ys_indexed, index = indexing(xs, ys, index)

    assert index is not None, "index is None"

    weights = _wrap_weights(weights, len(xs_indexed))

    if solver == "pyo3":
        if not PYO3_AVAILABLE:
            raise SolverError(solver)

        scores, iterations = _brzo.bradley_terry(
            xs=xs_indexed,
            ys=ys_indexed,
            winners=winners,
            weights=weights,
            total=len(index),
            win_weight=win_weight,
            tie_weight=tie_weight,
            tolerance=tolerance,
            limit=limit,
        )
    else:
        _matrices = matrices(
            xs_indexed=xs_indexed,
            ys_indexed=ys_indexed,
            winners=winners,
            index=index,
            weights=weights,
            solver="naive",
        )

        matrix = _make_matrix(_matrices.win_matrix, _matrices.tie_matrix, win_weight, tie_weight, tolerance)

        scores, iterations = bradley_terry_naive(
            matrix=matrix,
            tolerance=tolerance,
            limit=limit,
        )

    return BradleyTerryResult(
        scores=pd.Series(scores, index=index, name=bradley_terry.__name__).sort_values(ascending=False, kind="stable"),
        index=index,
        win_weight=win_weight,
        tie_weight=tie_weight,
        solver=solver,
        tolerance=tolerance,
        iterations=iterations,
        limit=limit,
    )

evalica.BradleyTerryResult dataclass

The Bradley-Terry result.

Attributes:

Name Type Description
scores Series[float]

The element scores.

index Index

The index.

win_weight float

The win weight.

tie_weight float

The tie weight.

solver str

The solver.

tolerance float

The convergence tolerance.

iterations int

The actual number of iterations.

limit int

The maximum number of iterations.

Source code in evalica/__init__.py
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@dataclass(frozen=True)
class BradleyTerryResult:
    """
    The Bradley-Terry result.

    Attributes:
        scores: The element scores.
        index: The index.
        win_weight: The win weight.
        tie_weight: The tie weight.
        solver: The solver.
        tolerance: The convergence tolerance.
        iterations: The actual number of iterations.
        limit: The maximum number of iterations.

    """

    scores: pd.Series[float]
    index: pd.Index
    win_weight: float
    tie_weight: float
    solver: str
    tolerance: float
    iterations: int
    limit: int

evalica.newman(xs, ys, winners, index=None, v_init=0.5, weights=None, win_weight=1.0, tie_weight=1.0, solver=SOLVER, tolerance=1e-06, limit=100, **kwargs)

Compute the scores for the given pairwise comparison using the Newman's algorithm.

Quote

Newman, M.E.J.: Efficient Computation of Rankings from Pairwise Comparisons. Journal of Machine Learning Research. 24, 1–25 (2023). https://www.jmlr.org/papers/v24/22-1086.html.

Parameters:

Name Type Description Default
xs Collection[T_contra]

The left-hand side elements.

required
ys Collection[T_contra]

The right-hand side elements.

required
winners Collection[Winner]

The winner elements.

required
index Index | None

The index.

None
v_init float

The initial tie parameter.

0.5
weights Collection[float] | None

The example weights.

None
win_weight float

The win weight.

1.0
tie_weight float

The tie weight.

1.0
solver Literal['naive', 'pyo3']

The solver.

SOLVER
tolerance float

The convergence tolerance.

1e-06
limit int

The maximum number of iterations.

100
**kwargs Any

The additional arguments.

{}

Returns:

Type Description
NewmanResult

The Newman's result.

Source code in evalica/__init__.py
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def newman(
    xs: Collection[T_contra],
    ys: Collection[T_contra],
    winners: Collection[Winner],
    index: pd.Index | None = None,
    v_init: float = 0.5,
    weights: Collection[float] | None = None,
    win_weight: float = 1.0,
    tie_weight: float = 1.0,
    solver: Literal["naive", "pyo3"] = SOLVER,
    tolerance: float = 1e-6,
    limit: int = 100,
    **kwargs: Any,  # noqa: ANN401, ARG001
) -> NewmanResult:
    """
    Compute the scores for the given pairwise comparison using the Newman's algorithm.

    Quote:
        Newman, M.E.J.: Efficient Computation of Rankings from Pairwise Comparisons.
        Journal of Machine Learning Research. 24, 1&ndash;25 (2023).
        <https://www.jmlr.org/papers/v24/22-1086.html>.

    Args:
        xs: The left-hand side elements.
        ys: The right-hand side elements.
        winners: The winner elements.
        index: The index.
        v_init: The initial tie parameter.
        weights: The example weights.
        win_weight: The win weight.
        tie_weight: The tie weight.
        solver: The solver.
        tolerance: The convergence tolerance.
        limit: The maximum number of iterations.
        **kwargs: The additional arguments.

    Returns:
        The Newman's result.

    """
    assert np.isfinite(win_weight), "win_weight must be finite"
    assert np.isfinite(tie_weight), "tie_weight must be finite"

    xs_indexed, ys_indexed, index = indexing(xs, ys, index)

    assert index is not None, "index is None"

    weights = _wrap_weights(weights, len(xs_indexed))

    if solver == "pyo3":
        if not PYO3_AVAILABLE:
            raise SolverError(solver)

        scores, v, iterations = _brzo.newman(
            xs=xs_indexed,
            ys=ys_indexed,
            winners=winners,
            weights=weights,
            total=len(index),
            v_init=v_init,
            win_weight=win_weight,
            tie_weight=tie_weight,
            tolerance=tolerance,
            limit=limit,
        )

    else:
        _matrices = matrices(
            xs_indexed=xs_indexed,
            ys_indexed=ys_indexed,
            winners=winners,
            index=index,
            weights=weights,
            solver="naive",
        )

        win_matrix = np.nan_to_num(win_weight * np.nan_to_num(_matrices.win_matrix, nan=tolerance), nan=tolerance)
        tie_matrix = np.nan_to_num(tie_weight * np.nan_to_num(_matrices.tie_matrix, nan=tolerance), nan=tolerance)

        scores, v, iterations = newman_naive(
            win_matrix=win_matrix,
            tie_matrix=tie_matrix,
            v=v_init,
            tolerance=tolerance,
            limit=limit,
        )

    return NewmanResult(
        scores=pd.Series(scores, index=index, name=newman.__name__).sort_values(ascending=False, kind="stable"),
        index=index,
        v=v,
        v_init=v_init,
        win_weight=win_weight,
        tie_weight=tie_weight,
        solver=solver,
        tolerance=tolerance,
        iterations=iterations,
        limit=limit,
    )

evalica.NewmanResult dataclass

The Newman's algorithm result.

Attributes:

Name Type Description
scores Series[float]

The element scores.

index Index

The index.

v float

The tie parameter.

v_init float

The initial tie parameter.

win_weight float

The win weight.

tie_weight float

The tie weight.

solver str

The solver.

tolerance float

The convergence tolerance.

iterations int

The actual number of iterations.

limit int

The maximum number of iterations.

Source code in evalica/__init__.py
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@dataclass(frozen=True)
class NewmanResult:
    """
    The Newman's algorithm result.

    Attributes:
        scores: The element scores.
        index: The index.
        v: The tie parameter.
        v_init: The initial tie parameter.
        win_weight: The win weight.
        tie_weight: The tie weight.
        solver: The solver.
        tolerance: The convergence tolerance.
        iterations: The actual number of iterations.
        limit: The maximum number of iterations.

    """

    scores: pd.Series[float]
    index: pd.Index
    v: float
    v_init: float
    win_weight: float
    tie_weight: float
    solver: str
    tolerance: float
    iterations: int
    limit: int