// This file is part of Substrate. // Copyright (C) 2019-2020 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd. SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except // in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License // is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express // or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under // the License. //! A set of election algorithms to be used with a substrate runtime, typically within the staking //! sub-system. Notable implementation include: //! //! - [`seq_phragmen`]: Implements the Phragmén Sequential Method. An un-ranked, relatively fast //! election method that ensures PJR, but does not provide a constant factor approximation of the //! maximin problem. //! - [`phragmms`]: Implements a hybrid approach inspired by Phragmén which is executed faster but //! it can achieve a constant factor approximation of the maximin problem, similar to that of the //! MMS algorithm. //! - [`balance_solution`]: Implements the star balancing algorithm. This iterative process can push //! a solution toward being more `balances`, which in turn can increase its score. //! //! ### Terminology //! //! This crate uses context-independent words, not to be confused with staking. This is because the //! election algorithms of this crate, while designed for staking, can be used in other contexts as //! well. //! //! `Voter`: The entity casting some votes to a number of `Targets`. This is the same as `Nominator` //! in the context of staking. `Target`: The entities eligible to be voted upon. This is the same as //! `Validator` in the context of staking. `Edge`: A mapping from a `Voter` to a `Target`. //! //! The goal of an election algorithm is to provide an `ElectionResult`. A data composed of: //! - `winners`: A flat list of identifiers belonging to those who have won the election, usually //! ordered in some meaningful way. They are zipped with their total backing stake. //! - `assignment`: A mapping from each voter to their winner-only targets, zipped with a ration //! denoting the amount of support given to that particular target. //! //! ```rust //! # use sp_npos_elections::*; //! # use sp_runtime::Perbill; //! // the winners. //! let winners = vec![(1, 100), (2, 50)]; //! let assignments = vec![ //! // A voter, giving equal backing to both 1 and 2. //! Assignment { //! who: 10, //! distribution: vec![(1, Perbill::from_percent(50)), (2, Perbill::from_percent(50))], //! }, //! // A voter, Only backing 1. //! Assignment { who: 20, distribution: vec![(1, Perbill::from_percent(100))] }, //! ]; //! //! // the combination of the two makes the election result. //! let election_result = ElectionResult { winners, assignments }; //! //! ``` //! //! The `Assignment` field of the election result is voter-major, i.e. it is from the perspective of //! the voter. The struct that represents the opposite is called a `Support`. This struct is usually //! accessed in a map-like manner, i.e. keyed vy voters, therefor it is stored as a mapping called //! `SupportMap`. //! //! Moreover, the support is built from absolute backing values, not ratios like the example above. //! A struct similar to `Assignment` that has stake value instead of ratios is called an //! `StakedAssignment`. //! //! //! More information can be found at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.12990 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)] use sp_std::{ prelude::*, collections::btree_map::BTreeMap, fmt::Debug, cmp::Ordering, rc::Rc, cell::RefCell, }; use sp_arithmetic::{ PerThing, Rational128, ThresholdOrd, InnerOf, Normalizable, traits::{Zero, Bounded}, }; #[cfg(feature = "std")] use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize}; #[cfg(feature = "std")] use codec::{Encode, Decode}; #[cfg(test)] mod mock; #[cfg(test)] mod tests; mod phragmen; mod balancing; mod phragmms; mod node; mod reduce; mod helpers; pub use reduce::reduce; pub use helpers::*; pub use phragmen::*; pub use phragmms::*; pub use balancing::*; // re-export the compact macro, with the dependencies of the macro. #[doc(hidden)] pub use codec; #[doc(hidden)] pub use sp_arithmetic; /// Simple Extension trait to easily convert `None` from index closures to `Err`. /// /// This is only generated and re-exported for the compact solution code to use. #[doc(hidden)] pub trait __OrInvalidIndex { fn or_invalid_index(self) -> Result; } impl __OrInvalidIndex for Option { fn or_invalid_index(self) -> Result { self.ok_or(Error::CompactInvalidIndex) } } // re-export the compact solution type. pub use sp_npos_elections_compact::generate_solution_type; /// A trait to limit the number of votes per voter. The generated compact type will implement this. pub trait VotingLimit { const LIMIT: usize; } /// an aggregator trait for a generic type of a voter/target identifier. This usually maps to /// substrate's account id. pub trait IdentifierT: Clone + Eq + Default + Ord + Debug + codec::Codec {} impl IdentifierT for T {} /// The errors that might occur in the this crate and compact. #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)] pub enum Error { /// While going from compact to staked, the stake of all the edges has gone above the total and /// the last stake cannot be assigned. CompactStakeOverflow, /// The compact type has a voter who's number of targets is out of bound. CompactTargetOverflow, /// One of the index functions returned none. CompactInvalidIndex, /// An error occurred in some arithmetic operation. ArithmeticError(&'static str), } /// A type which is used in the API of this crate as a numeric weight of a vote, most often the /// stake of the voter. It is always converted to [`ExtendedBalance`] for computation. pub type VoteWeight = u64; /// A type in which performing operations on vote weights are safe. pub type ExtendedBalance = u128; /// The score of an assignment. This can be computed from the support map via [`evaluate_support`]. pub type ElectionScore = [ExtendedBalance; 3]; /// A winner, with their respective approval stake. pub type WithApprovalOf = (A, ExtendedBalance); /// A pointer to a candidate struct with interior mutability. pub type CandidatePtr = Rc>>; /// A candidate entity for the election. #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)] pub struct Candidate { /// Identifier. who: AccountId, /// Score of the candidate. /// /// Used differently in seq-phragmen and max-score. score: Rational128, /// Approval stake of the candidate. Merely the sum of all the voter's stake who approve this /// candidate. approval_stake: ExtendedBalance, /// The final stake of this candidate. Will be equal to a subset of approval stake. backed_stake: ExtendedBalance, /// True if this candidate is already elected in the current election. elected: bool, /// The round index at which this candidate was elected. round: usize, } /// A vote being casted by a [`Voter`] to a [`Candidate`] is an `Edge`. #[derive(Clone, Default)] pub struct Edge { /// Identifier of the target. /// /// This is equivalent of `self.candidate.borrow().who`, yet it helps to avoid double borrow /// errors of the candidate pointer. who: AccountId, /// Load of this edge. load: Rational128, /// Pointer to the candidate. candidate: CandidatePtr, /// The weight (i.e. stake given to `who`) of this edge. weight: ExtendedBalance, } #[cfg(feature = "std")] impl sp_std::fmt::Debug for Edge { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut sp_std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> sp_std::fmt::Result { write!(f, "Edge({:?}, weight = {:?})", self.who, self.weight) } } /// A voter entity. #[derive(Clone, Default)] pub struct Voter { /// Identifier. who: AccountId, /// List of candidates approved by this voter. edges: Vec>, /// The stake of this voter. budget: ExtendedBalance, /// Load of the voter. load: Rational128, } #[cfg(feature = "std")] impl std::fmt::Debug for Voter { fn fmt(&self, f: &mut sp_std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> sp_std::fmt::Result { write!(f, "Voter({:?}, budget = {}, edges = {:?})", self.who, self.budget, self.edges) } } impl Voter { /// Returns none if this voter does not have any non-zero distributions. /// /// Note that this might create _un-normalized_ assignments, due to accuracy loss of `P`. Call /// site might compensate by calling `normalize()` on the returned `Assignment` as a /// post-precessing. pub fn into_assignment(self) -> Option> where ExtendedBalance: From>, { let who = self.who; let budget = self.budget; let distribution = self.edges.into_iter().filter_map(|e| { let per_thing = P::from_rational_approximation(e.weight, budget); // trim zero edges. if per_thing.is_zero() { None } else { Some((e.who, per_thing)) } }).collect::>(); if distribution.len() > 0 { Some(Assignment { who, distribution }) } else { None } } /// Try and normalize the votes of self. /// /// If the normalization is successful then `Ok(())` is returned. /// /// Note that this will not distinguish between elected and unelected edges. Thus, it should /// only be called on a voter who has already been reduced to only elected edges. /// /// ### Errors /// /// This will return only if the internal `normalize` fails. This can happen if the sum of the /// weights exceeds `ExtendedBalance::max_value()`. pub fn try_normalize(&mut self) -> Result<(), &'static str> { let edge_weights = self.edges.iter().map(|e| e.weight).collect::>(); edge_weights.normalize(self.budget).map(|normalized| { // here we count on the fact that normalize does not change the order. for (edge, corrected) in self.edges.iter_mut().zip(normalized.into_iter()) { let mut candidate = edge.candidate.borrow_mut(); // first, subtract the incorrect weight candidate.backed_stake = candidate.backed_stake.saturating_sub(edge.weight); edge.weight = corrected; // Then add the correct one again. candidate.backed_stake = candidate.backed_stake.saturating_add(edge.weight); } }) } /// Same as [`try_normalize`] but the normalization is only limited between elected edges. pub fn try_normalize_elected(&mut self) -> Result<(), &'static str> { let elected_edge_weights = self .edges .iter() .filter_map(|e| if e.candidate.borrow().elected { Some(e.weight) } else { None }) .collect::>(); elected_edge_weights.normalize(self.budget).map(|normalized| { // here we count on the fact that normalize does not change the order, and that vector // iteration is deterministic. for (edge, corrected) in self .edges .iter_mut() .filter(|e| e.candidate.borrow().elected) .zip(normalized.into_iter()) { let mut candidate = edge.candidate.borrow_mut(); // first, subtract the incorrect weight candidate.backed_stake = candidate.backed_stake.saturating_sub(edge.weight); edge.weight = corrected; // Then add the correct one again. candidate.backed_stake = candidate.backed_stake.saturating_add(edge.weight); } }) } } /// Final result of the election. #[derive(Debug)] pub struct ElectionResult { /// Just winners zipped with their approval stake. Note that the approval stake is merely the /// sub of their received stake and could be used for very basic sorting and approval voting. pub winners: Vec>, /// Individual assignments. for each tuple, the first elements is a voter and the second is the /// list of candidates that it supports. pub assignments: Vec>, } /// A voter's stake assignment among a set of targets, represented as ratios. #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)] #[cfg_attr(feature = "std", derive(PartialEq, Eq, Encode, Decode))] pub struct Assignment { /// Voter's identifier. pub who: AccountId, /// The distribution of the voter's stake. pub distribution: Vec<(AccountId, P)>, } impl Assignment where ExtendedBalance: From>, { /// Convert from a ratio assignment into one with absolute values aka. [`StakedAssignment`]. /// /// It needs `stake` which is the total budget of the voter. If `fill` is set to true, it /// _tries_ to ensure that all the potential rounding errors are compensated and the /// distribution's sum is exactly equal to the total budget, by adding or subtracting the /// remainder from the last distribution. /// /// If an edge ratio is [`Bounded::min_value()`], it is dropped. This edge can never mean /// anything useful. pub fn into_staked(self, stake: ExtendedBalance) -> StakedAssignment where P: sp_std::ops::Mul, { let distribution = self.distribution .into_iter() .filter_map(|(target, p)| { // if this ratio is zero, then skip it. if p.is_zero() { None } else { // NOTE: this mul impl will always round to the nearest number, so we might both // overflow and underflow. let distribution_stake = p * stake; Some((target, distribution_stake)) } }) .collect::>(); StakedAssignment { who: self.who, distribution, } } /// Try and normalize this assignment. /// /// If `Ok(())` is returned, then the assignment MUST have been successfully normalized to 100%. /// /// ### Errors /// /// This will return only if the internal `normalize` fails. This can happen if sum of /// `self.distribution.map(|p| p.deconstruct())` fails to fit inside `UpperOf

`. A user of /// this crate may statically assert that this can never happen and safely `expect` this to /// return `Ok`. pub fn try_normalize(&mut self) -> Result<(), &'static str> { self.distribution .iter() .map(|(_, p)| *p) .collect::>() .normalize(P::one()) .map(|normalized_ratios| self.distribution .iter_mut() .zip(normalized_ratios) .for_each(|((_, old), corrected)| { *old = corrected; }) ) } } /// A voter's stake assignment among a set of targets, represented as absolute values in the scale /// of [`ExtendedBalance`]. #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default)] #[cfg_attr(feature = "std", derive(PartialEq, Eq, Encode, Decode))] pub struct StakedAssignment { /// Voter's identifier pub who: AccountId, /// The distribution of the voter's stake. pub distribution: Vec<(AccountId, ExtendedBalance)>, } impl StakedAssignment { /// Converts self into the normal [`Assignment`] type. /// /// If `fill` is set to true, it _tries_ to ensure that all the potential rounding errors are /// compensated and the distribution's sum is exactly equal to 100%, by adding or subtracting /// the remainder from the last distribution. /// /// NOTE: it is quite critical that this attempt always works. The data type returned here will /// potentially get used to create a compact type; a compact type requires sum of ratios to be /// less than 100% upon un-compacting. /// /// If an edge stake is so small that it cannot be represented in `T`, it is ignored. This edge /// can never be re-created and does not mean anything useful anymore. pub fn into_assignment(self) -> Assignment where ExtendedBalance: From>, AccountId: IdentifierT, { let stake = self.total(); let distribution = self.distribution .into_iter() .filter_map(|(target, w)| { let per_thing = P::from_rational_approximation(w, stake); if per_thing == Bounded::min_value() { None } else { Some((target, per_thing)) } }) .collect::>(); Assignment { who: self.who, distribution, } } /// Try and normalize this assignment. /// /// If `Ok(())` is returned, then the assignment MUST have been successfully normalized to /// `stake`. /// /// NOTE: current implementation of `.normalize` is almost safe to `expect()` upon. The only /// error case is when the input cannot fit in `T`, or the sum of input cannot fit in `T`. /// Sadly, both of these are dependent upon the implementation of `VoteLimit`, i.e. the limit of /// edges per voter which is enforced from upstream. Hence, at this crate, we prefer returning a /// result and a use the name prefix `try_`. pub fn try_normalize(&mut self, stake: ExtendedBalance) -> Result<(), &'static str> { self.distribution .iter() .map(|(_, ref weight)| *weight) .collect::>() .normalize(stake) .map(|normalized_weights| self.distribution .iter_mut() .zip(normalized_weights.into_iter()) .for_each(|((_, weight), corrected)| { *weight = corrected; }) ) } /// Get the total stake of this assignment (aka voter budget). pub fn total(&self) -> ExtendedBalance { self.distribution.iter().fold(Zero::zero(), |a, b| a.saturating_add(b.1)) } } /// A structure to demonstrate the election result from the perspective of the candidate, i.e. how /// much support each candidate is receiving. /// /// This complements the [`ElectionResult`] and is needed to run the balancing post-processing. /// /// This, at the current version, resembles the `Exposure` defined in the Staking pallet, yet they /// do not necessarily have to be the same. #[derive(Default, Debug)] #[cfg_attr(feature = "std", derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq))] pub struct Support { /// Total support. pub total: ExtendedBalance, /// Support from voters. pub voters: Vec<(AccountId, ExtendedBalance)>, } /// A linkage from a candidate and its [`Support`]. pub type SupportMap = BTreeMap>; /// Build the support map from the given election result. It maps a flat structure like /// /// ```nocompile /// assignments: vec![ /// voter1, vec![(candidate1, w11), (candidate2, w12)], /// voter2, vec![(candidate1, w21), (candidate2, w22)] /// ] /// ``` /// /// into a mapping of candidates and their respective support: /// /// ```nocompile /// SupportMap { /// candidate1: Support { /// own:0, /// total: w11 + w21, /// others: vec![(candidate1, w11), (candidate2, w21)] /// }, /// candidate2: Support { /// own:0, /// total: w12 + w22, /// others: vec![(candidate1, w12), (candidate2, w22)] /// }, /// } /// ``` /// /// The second returned flag indicates the number of edges who didn't corresponded to an actual /// winner from the given winner set. A value in this place larger than 0 indicates a potentially /// faulty assignment. /// /// `O(E)` where `E` is the total number of edges. pub fn build_support_map( winners: &[AccountId], assignments: &[StakedAssignment], ) -> Result, AccountId> where AccountId: IdentifierT, { // Initialize the support of each candidate. let mut supports = >::new(); winners .iter() .for_each(|e| { supports.insert(e.clone(), Default::default()); }); // build support struct. for StakedAssignment { who, distribution } in assignments.iter() { for (c, weight_extended) in distribution.iter() { if let Some(support) = supports.get_mut(c) { support.total = support.total.saturating_add(*weight_extended); support.voters.push((who.clone(), *weight_extended)); } else { return Err(c.clone()) } } } Ok(supports) } /// Evaluate a support map. The returned tuple contains: /// /// - Minimum support. This value must be **maximized**. /// - Sum of all supports. This value must be **maximized**. /// - Sum of all supports squared. This value must be **minimized**. /// /// `O(E)` where `E` is the total number of edges. pub fn evaluate_support( support: &SupportMap, ) -> ElectionScore { let mut min_support = ExtendedBalance::max_value(); let mut sum: ExtendedBalance = Zero::zero(); // NOTE: The third element might saturate but fine for now since this will run on-chain and need // to be fast. let mut sum_squared: ExtendedBalance = Zero::zero(); for (_, support) in support.iter() { sum = sum.saturating_add(support.total); let squared = support.total.saturating_mul(support.total); sum_squared = sum_squared.saturating_add(squared); if support.total < min_support { min_support = support.total; } } [min_support, sum, sum_squared] } /// Compares two sets of election scores based on desirability and returns true if `this` is better /// than `that`. /// /// Evaluation is done in a lexicographic manner, and if each element of `this` is `that * epsilon` /// greater or less than `that`. /// /// Note that the third component should be minimized. pub fn is_score_better(this: ElectionScore, that: ElectionScore, epsilon: P) -> bool where ExtendedBalance: From> { match this .iter() .enumerate() .map(|(i, e)| ( e.ge(&that[i]), e.tcmp(&that[i], epsilon.mul_ceil(that[i])), )) .collect::>() .as_slice() { // epsilon better in the score[0], accept. [(_, Ordering::Greater), _, _] => true, // less than epsilon better in score[0], but more than epsilon better in the second. [(true, Ordering::Equal), (_, Ordering::Greater), _] => true, // less than epsilon better in score[0, 1], but more than epsilon better in the third [(true, Ordering::Equal), (true, Ordering::Equal), (_, Ordering::Less)] => true, // anything else is not a good score. _ => false, } } /// Converts raw inputs to types used in this crate. /// /// This will perform some cleanup that are most often important: /// - It drops any votes that are pointing to non-candidates. /// - It drops duplicate targets within a voter. pub(crate) fn setup_inputs( initial_candidates: Vec, initial_voters: Vec<(AccountId, VoteWeight, Vec)>, ) -> (Vec>, Vec>) { // used to cache and access candidates index. let mut c_idx_cache = BTreeMap::::new(); let candidates = initial_candidates .into_iter() .enumerate() .map(|(idx, who)| { c_idx_cache.insert(who.clone(), idx); Rc::new(RefCell::new(Candidate { who, ..Default::default() })) }) .collect::>>(); let voters = initial_voters.into_iter().filter_map(|(who, voter_stake, votes)| { let mut edges: Vec> = Vec::with_capacity(votes.len()); for v in votes { if edges.iter().any(|e| e.who == v) { // duplicate edge. continue; } if let Some(idx) = c_idx_cache.get(&v) { // This candidate is valid + already cached. let mut candidate = candidates[*idx].borrow_mut(); candidate.approval_stake = candidate.approval_stake.saturating_add(voter_stake.into()); edges.push( Edge { who: v.clone(), candidate: Rc::clone(&candidates[*idx]), ..Default::default() } ); } // else {} would be wrong votes. We don't really care about it. } if edges.is_empty() { None } else { Some(Voter { who, edges: edges, budget: voter_stake.into(), load: Rational128::zero(), }) } }).collect::>(); (candidates, voters,) }