// This file is part of Substrate. // Copyright (C) 2019-2022 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`](phragmms::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`](balancing::balance): Implements the star balancing algorithm. This iterative //! process can push a solution toward being more "balanced", 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 by 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: #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)] use scale_info::TypeInfo; use sp_arithmetic::{traits::Zero, Normalizable, PerThing, Rational128, ThresholdOrd}; use sp_core::RuntimeDebug; use sp_std::{ cell::RefCell, cmp::Ordering, collections::btree_map::BTreeMap, prelude::*, rc::Rc, vec, }; use codec::{Decode, Encode, MaxEncodedLen}; #[cfg(feature = "std")] use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize}; #[cfg(test)] mod mock; #[cfg(test)] mod tests; mod assignments; pub mod balancing; pub mod helpers; pub mod node; pub mod phragmen; pub mod phragmms; pub mod pjr; pub mod reduce; pub mod traits; pub use assignments::{Assignment, IndexAssignment, IndexAssignmentOf, StakedAssignment}; pub use balancing::*; pub use helpers::*; pub use phragmen::*; pub use phragmms::*; pub use pjr::*; pub use reduce::reduce; pub use traits::{IdentifierT, NposSolution, PerThing128, __OrInvalidIndex}; // re-export for the solution macro, with the dependencies of the macro. #[doc(hidden)] pub use codec; #[doc(hidden)] pub use scale_info; #[doc(hidden)] pub use sp_arithmetic; #[doc(hidden)] pub use sp_std; /// The errors that might occur in the this crate and solution-type. #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, RuntimeDebug)] pub enum Error { /// While going from solution indices to ratio, the weight of all the edges has gone above the /// total. SolutionWeightOverflow, /// The solution type has a voter who's number of targets is out of bound. SolutionTargetOverflow, /// One of the index functions returned none. SolutionInvalidIndex, /// One of the page indices was invalid SolutionInvalidPageIndex, /// An error occurred in some arithmetic operation. ArithmeticError(&'static str), /// The data provided to create support map was invalid. InvalidSupportEdge, } /// 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 election. This is the main measure of an election's quality. /// /// By definition, the order of significance in [`ElectionScore`] is: /// /// 1. `minimal_stake`. /// 2. `sum_stake`. /// 3. `sum_stake_squared`. #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Encode, Decode, MaxEncodedLen, TypeInfo, Debug, Default)] #[cfg_attr(feature = "std", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))] pub struct ElectionScore { /// The minimal winner, in terms of total backing stake. /// /// This parameter should be maximized. pub minimal_stake: ExtendedBalance, /// The sum of the total backing of all winners. /// /// This parameter should maximized pub sum_stake: ExtendedBalance, /// The sum squared of the total backing of all winners, aka. the variance. /// /// Ths parameter should be minimized. pub sum_stake_squared: ExtendedBalance, } impl ElectionScore { /// Iterate over the inner items, first visiting the most significant one. fn iter_by_significance(self) -> impl Iterator { [self.minimal_stake, self.sum_stake, self.sum_stake_squared].into_iter() } /// Compares two sets of election scores based on desirability, returning true if `self` is /// strictly `threshold` better than `other`. In other words, each element of `self` must be /// `self * threshold` better than `other`. /// /// Evaluation is done based on the order of significance of the fields of [`ElectionScore`]. pub fn strict_threshold_better(self, other: Self, threshold: impl PerThing) -> bool { match self .iter_by_significance() .zip(other.iter_by_significance()) .map(|(this, that)| (this.ge(&that), this.tcmp(&that, threshold.mul_ceil(that)))) .collect::>() .as_slice() { // threshold better in the `score.minimal_stake`, accept. [(x, Ordering::Greater), _, _] => { debug_assert!(x); true }, // less than threshold better in `score.minimal_stake`, but more than threshold better // in `score.sum_stake`. [(true, Ordering::Equal), (_, Ordering::Greater), _] => true, // less than threshold better in `score.minimal_stake` and `score.sum_stake`, but more // than threshold better in `score.sum_stake_squared`. [(true, Ordering::Equal), (true, Ordering::Equal), (_, Ordering::Less)] => true, // anything else is not a good score. _ => false, } } } impl sp_std::cmp::Ord for ElectionScore { fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering { // we delegate this to the lexicographic cmp of slices`, and to incorporate that we want the // third element to be minimized, we swap them. [self.minimal_stake, self.sum_stake, other.sum_stake_squared].cmp(&[ other.minimal_stake, other.sum_stake, self.sum_stake_squared, ]) } } impl sp_std::cmp::PartialOrd for ElectionScore { fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option { Some(self.cmp(other)) } } /// A pointer to a candidate struct with interior mutability. pub type CandidatePtr = Rc>>; /// A candidate entity for the election. #[derive(RuntimeDebug, 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, } impl Candidate { pub fn to_ptr(self) -> CandidatePtr { Rc::new(RefCell::new(self)) } } /// A vote being casted by a [`Voter`] to a [`Candidate`] is an `Edge`. #[derive(Clone)] 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(test)] impl Edge { fn new(candidate: Candidate, weight: ExtendedBalance) -> Self { let who = candidate.who.clone(); let candidate = Rc::new(RefCell::new(candidate)); Self { weight, who, candidate, load: Default::default() } } } #[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 { /// Create a new `Voter`. pub fn new(who: AccountId) -> Self { Self { who, edges: Default::default(), budget: Default::default(), load: Default::default(), } } /// Returns `true` if `self` votes for `target`. /// /// Note that this does not take into account if `target` is elected (i.e. is *active*) or not. pub fn votes_for(&self, target: &AccountId) -> bool { self.edges.iter().any(|e| &e.who == target) } /// 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> { let who = self.who; let budget = self.budget; let distribution = self .edges .into_iter() .filter_map(|e| { let per_thing = P::from_rational(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 [`Self::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); } }) } /// This voter's budget #[inline] pub fn budget(&self) -> ExtendedBalance { self.budget } } /// Final result of the election. #[derive(RuntimeDebug)] 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<(AccountId, ExtendedBalance)>, /// 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 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(RuntimeDebug, Encode, Decode, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, TypeInfo)] #[cfg_attr(feature = "std", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))] pub struct Support { /// Total support. pub total: ExtendedBalance, /// Support from voters. pub voters: Vec<(AccountId, ExtendedBalance)>, } impl Default for Support { fn default() -> Self { Self { total: Default::default(), voters: vec![] } } } /// A target-major representation of the the election outcome. /// /// Essentially a flat variant of [`SupportMap`]. /// /// The main advantage of this is that it is encodable. pub type Supports = Vec<(A, Support)>; /// Linkage from a winner to their [`Support`]. /// /// This is more helpful than a normal [`Supports`] as it allows faster error checking. pub type SupportMap = BTreeMap>; /// Build the support map from the assignments. pub fn to_support_map( assignments: &[StakedAssignment], ) -> SupportMap { let mut supports = >>::new(); // build support struct. for StakedAssignment { who, distribution } in assignments.into_iter() { for (c, weight_extended) in distribution.into_iter() { let mut support = supports.entry(c.clone()).or_default(); support.total = support.total.saturating_add(*weight_extended); support.voters.push((who.clone(), *weight_extended)); } } supports } /// Same as [`to_support_map`] except it returns a /// flat vector. pub fn to_supports( assignments: &[StakedAssignment], ) -> Supports { to_support_map(assignments).into_iter().collect() } /// Extension trait for evaluating a support map or vector. pub trait EvaluateSupport { /// 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**. fn evaluate(&self) -> ElectionScore; } impl EvaluateSupport for Supports { fn evaluate(&self) -> ElectionScore { let mut minimal_stake = ExtendedBalance::max_value(); let mut sum_stake: 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_stake_squared: ExtendedBalance = Zero::zero(); for (_, support) in self { sum_stake = sum_stake.saturating_add(support.total); let squared = support.total.saturating_mul(support.total); sum_stake_squared = sum_stake_squared.saturating_add(squared); if support.total < minimal_stake { minimal_stake = support.total; } } ElectionScore { minimal_stake, sum_stake, sum_stake_squared } } } /// 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 fn setup_inputs( initial_candidates: Vec, initial_voters: Vec<(AccountId, VoteWeight, impl IntoIterator)>, ) -> (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); Candidate { who, score: Default::default(), approval_stake: Default::default(), backed_stake: Default::default(), elected: Default::default(), round: Default::default(), } .to_ptr() }) .collect::>>(); let voters = initial_voters .into_iter() .filter_map(|(who, voter_stake, votes)| { let mut edges: Vec> = Vec::new(); 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]), load: Default::default(), weight: Default::default(), }); } // else {} would be wrong votes. We don't really care about it. } if edges.is_empty() { None } else { Some(Voter { who, edges, budget: voter_stake.into(), load: Rational128::zero() }) } }) .collect::>(); (candidates, voters) }