fantasy-football-randomwalk.py

def random_walk(n):
    return np.random.rand(11) * n

def to_int(x):
    # gives players at each end equal probability to be picked
    # 0.5 - 1.5 -> 1
    # 0.0 - 0.5 -> 0 (half the probability)
    return (x - 0.5).astype(int)

def objective(x):
    x_int = to_int(x)
    points11 = POINTS[x_int]
    return -(points11.sum() + points11.max())
  
np.random.seed(0)
TRIALS = 10000
lineup = []
total_points = []
constraint_test = []
for i in range(TRIALS):
    x = random_walk(N)
    lineup.append(x)
    total_points.append(-objective(x))
    constraint_test.append(constraint_all(x))