partypy.simulate

Module Contents

Functions

simulate_party(p, n_simulations=500)

Simulate guest attendance at a party.

partypy.simulate.simulate_party(p, n_simulations=500)

Simulate guest attendance at a party.

The attendance of each guest is treated as a Bernoulli random variable with probability of attendance p. The total number of attending guests is summed up for each n_simulations.

Parameters

• p (float or array_like of floats) – Probability of guest attendance, >= 0 and <=1.

• n_simulations (int, optional) – Number of simulations to run. By default, 500.

Returns

DataFrame with total number of guests per simulation.

Return type

pandas.DataFrame

Examples

>>> simulate_party([0.1, 0.5, 0.9], n_simulations=5)
            Total guests
Simulation
1                      2
2                      2
3                      2
4                      2
5                      2