tweak: Tools readme

packages/utility-tools/README.md

@@ -1,9 +1,60 @@
-## Utility function processor
+# Utility Tools
 
-This package contains a series of utilities to work with the utility functions produced by [this utility function extractor](https://utility-function-extractor.quantifieduncertainty.org/openphil-2018-ai-risk)
+This package contains a series of utilities to work with the utility functions produced by [this utility function extractor](https://utility-function-extractor.quantifieduncertainty.org/openphil-2018-ai-risk).
 
-### Merge sort
+## Built with
 
-Given a list of elements and a list of utilitity comparisons, sort the list.
+- [Squiggle](https://www.squiggle-language.com/)
+- [Nodejs](https://nodejs.org/)
+- Plain js
 
-Gotcha: The list of elements has to be the same list, and in the same order, as that produced when initially doing the comparisons. This is because the merge-sort algorithm depends on the initial order of the list.
+## Getting started
+
+### Installation
+
+```sh
+yarn add utility-tools
+```
+
+then in your file:
+
+```js
+import { mergeSort, findPaths, aggregatePaths } from "utility-tools";
+```
+
+### Usage
+
+You can find an example how to use and concatenate these functions in `/src/example.js`, as well as an example of the input format needed in the `input` folder.
+
+## Interface
+
+### Merge sort (`mergeSort`)
+
+Given a list of elements and a list of utilitity comparisons, sort the list. If there are not enough comparisons to implement the merge sort algorithm, return one of the missing comparisons.
+
+_Gotcha_: The list of elements has to be the same list, and in the same order, as that produced when initially doing the comparisons. This is because the merge-sort algorithm depends on the initial order of the list.
+
+### Find Paths (`findPaths`)
+
+Given an (ordered) list of elements and a list of utility comparisons, find all possible monotonous paths from each element to each other. A monotonous path is a path that is either all increasing or all decreasing, relative to the ordering given.
+
+_Note_: Some elements will have many more paths than others.
+
+### Aggregate paths (`aggregatePaths`)
+
+Given a list of path, aggregate them to finally produce an estimate of the relative utility of each element.
+
+There are two ways of doing this:
+
+- 1. Aggregate the means (expected values) for each path.
+  - This method is fast
+  - But has the disadvantage the expected value aggregation is tricky, particularly if one of the elements is positive and the other one negative (because then one can't)
+- 2. Aggregate the distributions given for each path.
+
+## Roadmap
+
+I don't have any additions planned for this repository.
+
+## Contact
+
+Feel free to shoot me any questions at `nuno.semperelh@protonmail.com`

packages/utility-tools/src/aggregatePaths.js

@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 // EXPORTS
 import { run } from "@quri/squiggle-lang";
 
-export function aggregatePaths(pathsArray, nodes) {
+export async function aggregatePathsThroughMixtureOfDistributions({
-  pathsArray.map((paths, i) => {
+  pathsArray,
-    console.log(nodes[i].name);
+  nodes,
+  VERBOSE,
+}) {
+  let print = (x) => {
+    if (VERBOSE) {
+      console.log(x);
+    }
+  };
+  let result = pathsArray.map((paths, i) => {
+    print(nodes[i].name);
     let multipliedDistributions = paths.map(
       (path) => path.multipliedDistributionsInPath
     );
     console.group();
-    console.log("Number of paths: ", multipliedDistributions.length);
+    print("Number of paths: ", multipliedDistributions.length);
-    // console.log(multipliedDistributions.slice(0, 10));
+    // print(multipliedDistributions.slice(0, 10));
     let squiggleCode = `aggregatePath = mx(${multipliedDistributions
       .filter((distributions) => distributions != undefined)
       // .slice(0, 600)
@@ -22,7 +31,7 @@ export function aggregatePaths(pathsArray, nodes) {
     let squiggleCodeForMean = squiggleCode + "\n" + "mean(aggregatePath)";
     let meanAnswer = run(squiggleCodeForMean);
     let mean = meanAnswer.value.value;
-    console.log(`Mean: ${mean}`);
+    print(`Mean: ${mean}`);
 
     // Get the 90% CI
     let squiggleCodeFor90CI =
@@ -38,7 +47,7 @@ export function aggregatePaths(pathsArray, nodes) {
       let upper = value[1].value;
       return [lower, upper];
     };
-    console.log(
+    print(
       `90% confidence interval: ${JSON.stringify(
         processCI90(ci90percentAnswer),
         null,
@@ -47,8 +56,98 @@ export function aggregatePaths(pathsArray, nodes) {
     );
     // Stop measuring time
     let end = Date.now();
-    console.log(`${(end - start) / 1000} seconds needed for processing`);
+    print(`${(end - start) / 1000} seconds needed for processing`);
     console.groupEnd();
-    console.log("");
+    print("");
+    return {
+      name: nodes[i].name,
+      meanOfAggregatedDistributions: mean,
+      ninetyPercentileConfidenceIntervalOfAggregatedDistributions:
+        ci90percentAnswer,
+      arrayDistributions: squiggleCode,
+    };
+  });
+  return result;
+}
+
+const sum = (arr) => arr.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0);
+
+export const avg = (arr) => sum(arr) / arr.length;
+
+export const geomMean = (arr) => {
+  let n = arr.length;
+  let logavg = sum(arr.map((x) => Math.log(x))); // works for low numbers much better
+  // console.log(logavg);
+  let result = Math.exp(logavg / n);
+  return result;
+};
+
+export function aggregatePathsThroughMixtureOfMeans({
+  pathsArray,
+  nodes,
+  VERBOSE,
+}) {
+  let print = (x) => {
+    if (VERBOSE) {
+      console.log(x);
+    }
+  };
+
+  let result = pathsArray.map((paths, i) => {
+    print(nodes[i].name);
+    let expectedRelativeValues = paths
+      .map((path) => path.expectedRelativeValue)
+      .filter((x) => x != undefined);
+    let hasPositive = expectedRelativeValues.filter((x) => x > 0);
+    let hasNegative = expectedRelativeValues.filter((x) => x < 0);
+    let answer;
+    if (hasPositive.length != 0 && hasNegative.length != 0) {
+      answer = avg(expectedRelativeValues);
+    } else {
+      if (hasNegative.length == 0) {
+        answer = geomMean(expectedRelativeValues);
+      } else {
+        let arrayAsPositive = expectedRelativeValues.map((x) => -x);
+        answer = -geomMean(arrayAsPositive);
+      }
+    }
+    return {
+      name: nodes[i].name,
+      aggregatedMeans: answer,
+      arrayMeans: expectedRelativeValues,
+      allPositive: hasNegative.length == 0,
+    };
+  });
+  return result;
+}
+
+export async function aggregatePaths({
+  pathsArray,
+  nodes,
+  aggregationType,
+  VERBOSE,
+}) {
+  if (aggregationType == "distribution") {
+    if (VERBOSE == undefined) {
+      VERBOSE = true;
+    }
+    console.log("Warning: this may take a long time");
+    return await aggregatePathsThroughMixtureOfDistributions({
+      pathsArray,
+      nodes,
+      VERBOSE,
+    });
+  } else if (aggregationType == "mean") {
+    return aggregatePathsThroughMixtureOfMeans({
+      pathsArray,
+      nodes,
+      VERBOSE,
+    });
+  } else {
+    return aggregatePathsThroughMixtureOfMeans({
+      pathsArray,
+      nodes,
+      VERBOSE,
     });
   }
+}

packages/utility-tools/src/example.js

@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ async function main() {
   const links = JSON.parse(inputLinksAsString);
   const list = JSON.parse(inputListAsString);
 
-  // process file
-  // const sources = links.map((link) => link.source);
-  // const targets = links.map((link) => link.target);
-  // const list = [...new Set([...sources, ...targets])];
-
   // Merge sort
   let mergeSortOutput = mergeSort({ list, links });
   // console.log("Output: ");
@@ -64,7 +59,12 @@ async function main() {
     // console.log(JSON.stringify(paths, null, 4));
 
     // Aggregate paths.
-    let aggregatedPaths = aggregatePaths(paths, nodes);
+    let aggregatedPaths = await aggregatePaths({
+      pathsArray: paths,
+      nodes,
+      aggregationType: "mean", // alternatively: aggregationType: "distribution"
+      VERBOSE: false,
+    });
     console.log(aggregatedPaths);
   }
 }

packages/webpage-refactor/README.md

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ https://github.com/netlify/netlify-plugin-nextjs/#readme
 ## To do
 
 - [x] Extract merge, findPath and aggregatePath functionality into different repos
-- [ ] Add functionality like names, etc.
+- [-] Add functionality like names, etc.
 - [x] Send to mongo upon completion
 - [ ] Add paths table
 - [ ] warn that the paths table is approximate.

packages/webpage-refactor/components/homepage.js

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import React, { useState } from "react";
 import { mergeSort } from "utility-tools";
 
+import { Title } from "./title.js";
 import { ProgressIndicator } from "./progressIndicator.js";
 import { DisplayElementForComparison } from "./displayElementForComparison.js";
 import { ComparisonActuator } from "./comparisonActuator.js";
+
 import { AdvancedOptions } from "./advancedOptions/advancedOptions.js";
 import { Graph } from "./graph/graph.js";
 import { pushToMongo } from "../lib/pushToMongo.js";
@@ -110,6 +112,8 @@ export function Homepage({ listOfElementsInit }) {
 
   return (
     <div className="block w-full items-center sm:w-full mt-10">
+      <Title />
+
       <ProgressIndicator
         numStepsNow={numStepsNow}
         numElements={listOfElements.length}
@@ -143,7 +147,6 @@ export function Homepage({ listOfElementsInit }) {
         isListOrdered={isListOrdered}
         mergeSortOrder={mergeSortOrder}
       />
-
       {/* Advanced options section */}
       <div>
         <AdvancedOptions

packages/webpage-refactor/components/title.js

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import React, { useState } from "react";
 
 export function Title() {
-  return (
+  return <h1 className="text-6xl font-bold ">Utility Function Extractor</h1>;
-    <h1 className="text-6xl font-bold mt-20">Utility Function Extractor</h1>
-  );
 }

packages/webpage-refactor/pages/_app.js

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import "../styles/globals.css";
 import "../styles/cytoscape.css";
 
 import Head from "next/head";
-import { Title } from "../components/title.js";
 
 function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }) {
   return (
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }) {
         </Head>
         {/* Content */}
         <main className="inline flex-col items-center w-full flex-1 px-20 text-center">
-          <Title />
           <Component {...pageProps} />
         </main>
       </div>