public void runSimulation(int trials)
{
Roster roster;
List <Ballot> ballotList;
Dictionary <BallotInstructions, List <Ballot> > ballotDictionary = new Dictionary <BallotInstructions, List <Ballot> >();
VotingSystemResult votingSystemResult;
List <VoteSummary> voteSummaryList = new List <VoteSummary>();
for (int i = 0; i < trials; i++)
{
roster = new Roster(voterList);
foreach (Voter voter in voterList)
{
voter.setRoster(roster);
}
ballotDictionary.Clear();
foreach (VotingSystem votingSystem in votingSystemList)
{
// Get or create the ballots
if (ballotDictionary.ContainsKey(votingSystem.ballotInstructions))
{
ballotList = ballotDictionary[votingSystem.ballotInstructions];
}
else
{
ballotList = new List <Ballot>();
foreach (Voter voter in voterList)
{
ballotList.Add(voter.createBallot(votingSystem.ballotInstructions));
}
ballotDictionary.Add(votingSystem.ballotInstructions, ballotList);
}
// Get the vote summary
votingSystemResult = votingSystem.getResult(roster, ballotList);
voteSummaryList.Add(getVoteSummary(votingSystemResult));
}
ElectionSummary summary = new ElectionSummary(
roster.lowestDeviationCandidate.voter.position.deviation,
roster.highestDeviationCandidate.voter.position.deviation,
voteSummaryList
);
System.IO.File.AppendAllText(@outputPath, summary.ToString() + Environment.NewLine);
System.Console.WriteLine("Simulation {0} complete", i + 1);
Console.ReadKey();
System.Console.WriteLine("");
}
}
