"""Optimal integer allocation of a fixed tail-draw budget for fixed heads.""" import heapq import numpy as np def allocate_tail_draws(variance_numerators, total_draws: int) -> np.ndarray: """Minimize sum_i A_i/m_i, m_i>=1 integer, sum m_i=total_draws. A_i must be fixed before production draws (known or independent pilot). The greedy largest marginal decrease A_i/[m_i(m_i+1)] is exact for this separable discrete-convex problem. It does not optimize head sizes jointly. Zero-A sites keep their mandatory one draw unless all marginal gains tie. """ a = np.asarray(variance_numerators, dtype=np.float64) if a.ndim != 1 or not len(a) or not np.isfinite(a).all() or (a < 0).any(): raise ValueError("nonnegative finite 1D numerators required") if isinstance(total_draws, bool) or not isinstance(total_draws, int) or total_draws < len(a): raise ValueError("need at least one draw per tail") m = np.ones(len(a), dtype=np.int64) heap = [(-float(x)/2, i) for i, x in enumerate(a)] heapq.heapify(heap) for _ in range(total_draws-len(a)): _, i = heapq.heappop(heap) m[i] += 1 heapq.heappush(heap, (-float(a[i])/(m[i]*(m[i]+1)), i)) return m