Maximin Constraint.

Create maximin-constraints related to an item parameter/value. That is, the created constraints can be used to maximize the minimal sum of the item values (itemValues), while at the same time setting an upper limit to the overflow by means of a maximally allowed deviation allowedDeviation.

Usage

maximinObjective(
  nForms,
  itemValues,
  allowedDeviation,
  weight = 1,
  whichForms = seq_len(nForms),
  info_text = NULL,
  itemIDs = names(itemValues)
)

Arguments

nForms

Number of forms to be created.

itemValues

Item parameter/values for which the sum per test form should be constrained.

allowedDeviation

the maximum allowed deviation between the sum of the target values.

weight

a weight for the real-valued variable(s). Useful when multiple constraints are combined. Should only be used if the implications are well understood.

whichForms

An integer vector indicating which test forms should be constrained. Defaults to all the test forms.

info_text

a character string of length 1, to be used in the "info"-attribute of the resulting constraint-object.

itemIDs

a character vector of item IDs in correct ordering, or NULL.

Value

An object of class "constraint".

Examples

# constraint that minimizes the maximum difference per test form value and a
#   target value of 0
maximinObjective(nForms = 2, itemValues = rep(-2:2, 2),
                 allowedDeviation = 1)
#> $A_binary
#> 4 x 20 sparse Matrix of class "dgCMatrix"
#>                                                     
#> [1,] -2 -1 0 1 2 -2 -1 0 1 2  .  . . . .  .  . . . .
#> [2,]  .  . . . .  .  . . . . -2 -1 0 1 2 -2 -1 0 1 2
#> [3,] -2 -1 0 1 2 -2 -1 0 1 2  .  . . . .  .  . . . .
#> [4,]  .  . . . .  .  . . . . -2 -1 0 1 2 -2 -1 0 1 2
#> 
#> $A_real
#>      [,1]
#> [1,]   -1
#> [2,]   -1
#> [3,]   -1
#> [4,]   -1
#> 
#> $operators
#> [1] ">=" ">=" "<=" "<="
#> 
#> $d
#> [1] 0 0 1 1
#> 
#> $c_binary
#> NULL
#> 
#> $c_real
#> [1] 1
#> 
#> attr(,"class")
#> [1] "constraint"
#> attr(,"nForms")
#> [1] 2
#> attr(,"nItems")
#> [1] 10
#> attr(,"sense")
#> [1] "max"
#> attr(,"info")
#>   rowNr formNr itemNr         constraint
#> 1     1      1     NA maximin_lowerBound
#> 2     2      2     NA maximin_lowerBound
#> 3     3      1     NA maximin_upperBound
#> 4     4      2     NA maximin_upperBound
#> attr(,"itemIDs")
#>  [1] "it01" "it02" "it03" "it04" "it05" "it06" "it07" "it08" "it09" "it10"