private static string Serialize(MarkovChain <char> chain)
{
var states = chain.GetStates().ToDictionary(
s => string.Concat(s),
s =>
{
var next = chain.GetNextStates(s) ?? Enumerable.Empty <KeyValuePair <char, int> >();
var result = next.ToDictionary(kvp => kvp.Key.ToString(), kvp => kvp.Value);
var terminal = chain.GetTerminalWeight(s);
if (terminal > 0)
{
result[string.Empty] = terminal;
}
return(result);
});
return(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(states).Replace('\"', '\''));
}
// We want the average options per state to be between 1.5 to 2.0 ideally.
// If it's less than that then we're likely directly quoting the input text.
static void EvaluateOrders()
{
for (int order = 1; order < 5; order++)
{
MarkovChain <string> chain = GetChain(order);
var states = chain.GetStates();
int numStates = 0;
int numOptions = 0;
foreach (ChainState <string> state in states)
{
var nextStates = chain.GetNextStates(state);
int terminalWeight = chain.GetTerminalWeight(state);
numStates++;
numOptions += (nextStates != null ? nextStates.Count : 0);
numOptions += (terminalWeight > 0 ? 1 : 0); // If this is a possible termination of the chain, that's one option
}
Console.WriteLine("Order: " + order + " NumStates: " + numStates + " NumOptionsTotal: " + numOptions + " AvgOptionsPerState " + ((float)numOptions / (float)numStates));
}
}
