この難しい質問を最初に説明するのに役立ついくつかの背景:
ユーザーが送信した値を世界平均と比較して、ユーザーの信頼性を推定するデータベースがあります。値の範囲は 0 ~ 1 です。
- この特定のユーザーの信頼性 =
r
- この特定のユーザーが送信した値の平均 =
a
- グローバル、「合意された」平均 =
g
信頼性:
r = 1 - ABS(g - a)
これが、各ユーザーの信頼度の計算方法です。これで、グローバルな「合意された」平均g
は、加重平均を使用して計算されます。ここで、加重は でr
、値はa
です。合計 3 人のユーザーがいる場合:
g = ((r1 * a1) + (r2 * a2) + (r3 * a3)) / (r1 + r2 + r3)
問題は、ユーザーが高い信頼性を持つと完全に独占され、新しい価値観がこれを変えることができないことです。例を挙げる:
g was initially 0.5
user1 r was initially 0.5
user2 r was initially 0.5
user3 r was initially 0.5
ここで、値を 1 つずつ送信し、何が起こるかを監視します。
user1 a is submitted, 1.0
user1 reliability goes slightly down because it differs from g (0.5)
user2 a is submitted, 1.0
user1 and user2 reliability go up to 100%, g is now 1.0.
user3 a is submitted, 0.0
user3 reliability goes down to 0%. g is still 1.0.
user3 の信頼性は非常に低いため、重み付けは にはまったく影響しませんg
。送信された値が世界平均とは完全に異なるため、User3 の信頼性は低下します。user3 の送信が最終的な値に何らかの影響を与えるようにするにはどうすればよいですか? たぶん、信頼性が完全にゼロにならないように(ただし近い)、定数を追加する必要がありますか?
さて、SQLコードです。問題を示す SQL フィドルを追加しました: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!3/d3fd1/21 コードを抽象化して短くしましたが、それでもかなり長いです。
テーブルの作成、ストアド プロシージャ、およびトリガー:
-- Stores user info
CREATE TABLE dbo.Users(
[UserID] [int] NOT NULL,
[Reliability] [float] NOT NULL
)
-- Contains global averages from all users who submitted data
CREATE TABLE dbo.GlobalSubmission(
GlobalSubmissionID [int] NOT NULL,
Name [varchar](50) NULL,
GlobalAverage [float] NOT NULL,
)
CREATE TABLE dbo.UserSubmission(
SubValue float NOT NULL,
GlobalSubmissionID int NOT NULL,
UserID int NOT NULL,
)
GO
--Calculate the "ideal value", used for GlobalSubmission.
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.IdealValueCalc(@globalSubmissionID INT)
RETURNS int
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @tmpReliability TABLE (SubValue float, Reliability float)
INSERT INTO @tmpReliability
SELECT AVG(us.SubValue) as SubValue, usr.Reliability Reliability FROM UserSubmission us
JOIN Users usr
ON us.UserID = usr.UserID
WHERE GlobalSubmissionID = @GlobalSubmissionID
GROUP BY us.UserID, usr.Reliability
--Perform weighted mean calculations.
Return (SELECT SUM(SubValue * Reliability) / SUM(Reliability) FROM @tmpReliability)
END
go
--Calculate the reliability of one user.
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.GetReliabilityForUser
(@userID int)
Returns Float
AS BEGIN
Return (SELECT 1 - AVG(ABS(db.userAvg - db.GlobalAverage))
FROM (
SELECT pmd.UserID,
gs.GlobalAverage,
AVG(pmd.SubValue) as userAvg
FROM UserSubmission pmd
-- Joins average value for each user with "ideal" value from GlobalSubmission
JOIN GlobalSubmission gs
ON gs.GlobalSubmissionID = pmd.GlobalSubmissionID
WHERE pmd.UserID = 1
GROUP BY pmd.UserID, gs.GlobalSubmissionID, gs.GlobalAverage
) db
GROUP BY db.UserID)
End
go
CREATE TRIGGER trg_SubmissionComputation
ON UserSubmission
AFTER INSERT, UPDATE
AS BEGIN
--Calculate this uer's reliability
DECLARE @userID int = (SELECT TOP(1) UserID FROM inserted)
DECLARE @userReliability float = dbo.GetReliabilityForUser(@userID)
UPDATE Users
SET Reliability=@userReliability
WHERE UserID = @userID
--Recalculate globalSubmission values:
DECLARE @globalSubmissionID int = (SELECT TOP(1) GlobalSubmissionID FROM inserted)
DECLARE @globalAverage float = dbo.IdealValueCalc(@globalSubmissionID)
--The global average for this set of submissions has been recalculated. Now inserting:
UPDATE GlobalSubmission
SET GlobalAverage = @globalAverage
WHERE GlobalSubmissionID = @globalSubmissionID
END
GO
テスト:
--Creating 3 new users
INSERT INTO Users
(UserID, Reliability)
values
(1, 0.5),
(2, 0.5),
(3, 0.5)
GO
--Creating a new GlobalSubmission
INSERT INTO GlobalSubmission
(GlobalSubmissionID, NAME, GlobalAverage)
values (1, 'BOILER2B' , 0.5)
GO
--First, we will submit values of 1 for two users:
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (1.0, 1, 1); -- Value: 1.0, User 1, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (1.0, 1, 2); -- Value: 1.0, User 2, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (1.0, 1, 1); -- Value: 1.0, User 1, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (1.0, 1, 2); -- Value: 1.0, User 2, Submission 1
GO
--Now, we will submit values of 0 for the third user:
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0.0, 1, 3); -- Value: 0.0, User 3, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0.0, 1, 3); -- Value: 0.0, User 3, Submission 1
GO
SELECT * FROM Users -- This results in 0% reliability for the last user.
--If we create new users and add them, the reliability won't budge:
INSERT INTO Users
(UserID, Reliability)
values
(4, 0.5),
(5, 0.5),
(6, 0.5),
(7, 0.5),
(8, 0.5)
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0, 1, 4); -- Value: 0, User 4, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0, 1, 5); -- Value: 0, User 5, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0, 1, 6); -- Value: 0, User 6, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0, 1, 7); -- Value: 0, User 7, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0, 1, 8); -- Value: 0, User 8, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0, 1, 4); -- Value: 0, User 4, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0, 1, 5); -- Value: 0, User 5, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0, 1, 6); -- Value: 0, User 6, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0, 1, 7); -- Value: 0, User 7, Submission 1
GO
INSERT INTO UserSubmission values (0, 1, 8); -- Value: 0, User 8, Submission 1
GO
SELECT * FROM Users -- Even though we've added loads of new users suggesting 0 as value, the final value
-- is remaining 1.0, because when a new value (0) is submitted, it varies too much from the global average
--(1), causing the reliability of that user to go down, and that user ends up making no influence on the
-- global average!