Package: pref
Title: Preference Voting with Explanatory Graphics
Version: 0.4.0
Authors@R: 
    person("Denis", "Mollison", , "denis.mollison@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
           comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4014-3431"))
Description: Implements the Single Transferable Vote (STV) electoral
        system, with clear explanatory graphics. The core function
        stv() uses Meek's method, the purest expression of the simple
        principles of STV, but which requires electronic counting. It
        can handle votes expressing equal preferences for subsets of
        the candidates. A function stv.wig() implementing the Weighted
        Inclusive Gregory method, as used in Scottish council
        elections, is also provided, and with the same options, as
        described in the manual. The required vote data format is as an
        R list: a function pref.data() is provided to transform some
        commonly used data formats into this format. References for
        methodology: Hill, Wichmann and Woodall (1987)
        <doi:10.1093/comjnl/30.3.277>, Hill, David (2006)
        <https://www.votingmatters.org.uk/ISSUE22/I22P2.pdf>, Mollison,
        Denis (2023) <arXiv:2303.15310>, (see also the package manual
        pref_pkg_manual.pdf).
URL: https://github.com/denismollison/pref
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
Roxygen: list(markdown = TRUE)
RoxygenNote: 7.2.3
Imports: base, graphics, grDevices, jpeg, utils
Depends: R (>= 3.5)
LazyData: true
BugReports: https://github.com/denismollison/pref/issues
Config/pak/sysreqs: libjpeg-dev
Repository: https://denismollison.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2024-02-23 23:03:42 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/denismollison/pref
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: 9c1664f41068a433fef2fb2ad0d0e4b94bdb5699
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2026-06-17 08:11:47 UTC; root
Author: Denis Mollison [aut, cre, cph] (ORCID:
    <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4014-3431>)
Maintainer: Denis Mollison <denis.mollison@gmail.com>