After mostly finishing up the QGIS redistricting tool, I realised that by reusing some of the code, I could come up with a QGIS plugin that could redistrict automatically. This isn’t a novel concept, as a quick search of automated redistricters bring up attempts to redistrict automatically using such mathematical devices as Markov chains, or …
Monthly Archives: January 2020
AFL: The complete winning percentage lookup table
5.6 billion Aussie rules games, simulated on an off-the-shelf laptop. In the work on leverage I’ve done over the past couple of months, I figured there’s a fixed winning percentage given the minute, the margin, and a team’s initial (estimated) winning percentage. I also figured this could be easily achieved through simulation. I simulated 10,000 …
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Maps: QGIS Redistricting Plugin released
There’s more to blog about than just sports statistics, and that includes the release of the QGISv3 redistricting plugin I’ve written! The website https://www.qgisredistricting.com is now live and provides details on how to download and install the plugin from a zip along with operational instructions. The plugin comes from a desire to be able to …