R: Simulation Methods for Legislative Redistricting

# Simulation Methods for Legislative Redistricting

## Documentation for package ‘redist’ version 4.3.0

- DESCRIPTION file.
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.
- Package NEWS.

## Help Pages

A C D E F G H I L M N P R S T W misc

## -- A --

add_constr_compet | Sampling constraints
add_constr_custom | Sampling constraints
add_constr_edges_rem | Sampling constraints
add_constr_fry_hold | Sampling constraints
add_constr_grp_hinge | Sampling constraints
add_constr_grp_inv_hinge | Sampling constraints
add_constr_grp_pow | Sampling constraints
add_constr_incumbency | Sampling constraints
add_constr_log_st | Sampling constraints
add_constr_multisplits | Sampling constraints
add_constr_polsby | Sampling constraints
add_constr_pop_dev | Sampling constraints
add_constr_segregation | Sampling constraints
add_constr_splits | Sampling constraints
add_constr_status_quo | Sampling constraints
add_constr_total_splits | Sampling constraints
add_reference | Add a reference plan to a set of plans
as.matrix.redist_plans | Extract the matrix of district assignments from a redistricting simulation
as_redist_map | Create a 'redist_map' object.
avg_by_prec | Average a variable by precinct (Deprecated)

## -- C --

cbind.redist_scorer | Combine scoring functions
classify_plans | Hierarchically classify a set of redistricting plans
combine_scorers | Combine scoring functions
compare_plans | Make a comparison between two sets of plans
competitiveness | Compute Competitiveness
constraints | Sampling constraints
county_splits | Count County Splits

## -- D --

distr_compactness | Calculate compactness measures for a set of plans

## -- E --

EPSG | EPSG Table

## -- F --

fl25 | Florida 25 Precinct Shape File
fl250 | Florida 250 Precinct Shape File
fl25_adj | Florida 25 Precinct File
fl25_enum | All Partitions of 25 Precincts into 3 Congressional Districts (No Population Constraint)
fl70 | Florida 70 Precinct Shape File
freeze | Freeze Parts of a Map

## -- G --

get_adj | Get and set the adjacency graph from a 'redist_map' object
get_existing | Extract the existing district assignment from a 'redist_map' object
get_mh_acceptance_rate | Extract the Metropolis Hastings Acceptance Rate
get_plans_matrix | Extract the matrix of district assignments from a redistricting simulation
get_plans_weights | Extract the sampling weights from a redistricting simulation.
get_pop_tol | Get and set the population tolerance from a 'redist_map' object
get_sampling_info | Extract the sampling information from a redistricting simulation
get_target | Extract the target district population from a 'redist_map' object
group_frac | Calculate Group Proportion by District

## -- H --

hist.redist_plans | Plot a histogram of a summary statistic

## -- I --

iowa | Iowa County File
is_contiguous | Check that a 'redist_map' object is contiguous
is_county_split | Identify which counties are split by a plan

## -- L --

last_plan | Extract the last plan from a set of plans

## -- M --

make_cores | Identify Cores of a District (Heuristic)
match_numbers | Renumber districts to match an existing plan
merge_by | Merge map units
min_move_parity | Calculates Sparse Population Moves to Minimize Population Deviation
muni_splits | Counts the Number of Municipalities Split Between Districts

## -- N --

number_by | Renumber districts to match a quantity of interest

## -- P --

partisan_metrics | Calculate gerrymandering metrics for a set of plans
pl | Access the Current 'redist_plans()' Object
plans_diversity | Calculate the diversity of a set of plans
plan_distances | Compute Distance between Partitions
plan_parity | Calculates Maximum Deviation from Population Parity
plot.redist_classified | Plot a plan classification
plot.redist_constr | Visualize constraints
plot.redist_map | Plot a 'redist_map'
plot.redist_plans | Summary plots for '\link{redist_plans}'
prec_assignment | Extract the district assignments for a precinct across all simulated plans
prec_cooccurrence | Compute a matrix of precinct co-occurrences
print.redist_classified | Print redist_classified objects
print.redist_constr | Generic to print redist_constr
print.redist_map | Generic to print redist_map
print.redist_plans | Print method for 'redist_plans'
proj | Calculate Projective Distributions, Averages, and Contrasts for a Summary Statistic
proj_avg | Calculate Projective Distributions, Averages, and Contrasts for a Summary Statistic
proj_contr | Calculate Projective Distributions, Averages, and Contrasts for a Summary Statistic
proj_distr | Calculate Projective Distributions, Averages, and Contrasts for a Summary Statistic
pullback | Pull back plans to unmerged units

## -- R --

rbind.redist_plans | Combine multiple sets of redistricting plans
redist.adjacency | Adjacency List functionality for redist
redist.calc.frontier.size | Calculate Frontier Size
redist.coarsen.adjacency | Coarsen Adjacency List
redist.combine.mpi | Combine successive runs of 'redist.mcmc.mpi'
redist.compactness | Calculate compactness measures for a set of plans
redist.competitiveness | Compute Competitiveness
redist.constraint.helper | Create Constraints for SMC
redist.county.id | Create County IDs
redist.county.relabel | Relabel Discontinuous Counties
redist.crsg | Redistricting via Compact Random Seed and Grow Algorithm
redist.diagplot | Diagnostic plotting functionality for MCMC redistricting.
redist.dist.pop.overlap | Compare the Population Overlap Across Plans at the District Level
redist.distances | Compute Distance between Partitions
redist.district.splits | Counts the Number of Counties within a District
redist.enumpart | Enumerate All Parititions (Fifield et al. 2020)
redist.find.target | Find Majority Minority Remainder
redist.findparams | Run parameter testing for 'redist_flip'
redist.freeze | Freeze Parts of a Map
redist.group.percent | Calculate Group Proportion by District
redist.identify.cores | Identify Cores of a District (Heuristic)
redist.init.enumpart | Initialize enumpart
redist.ipw | Inverse probability reweighting for MCMC Redistricting
redist.mcmc.mpi | MCMC Redistricting Simulator using MPI
redist.metrics | Calculate gerrymandering metrics for a set of plans
redist.multisplits | Counts the Number of Counties Split Between 3 or More Districts
redist.muni.splits | Counts the Number of Municipalities Split Between Districts
redist.parity | Calculates Maximum Deviation from Population Parity
redist.plot.adj | Creates a Graph Overlay
redist.plot.contr_pfdr | Plot a Projective Contrast with positive False Discovery Rate (pFDR) Control
redist.plot.cores | Plot Cores
redist.plot.distr_qtys | Plot quantities by district
redist.plot.hist | Plot a histogram of a summary statistic
redist.plot.majmin | Majority Minority Plots
redist.plot.map | Plot a Map
redist.plot.penalty | (Deprecated) Visualize Group Power Penalty
redist.plot.plans | Plot a district assignment
redist.plot.scatter | Scatter plot of plan summary statistics
redist.plot.trace | Make a traceplot for a summary statistic
redist.plot.varinfo | Static Variation of Information Plot
redist.plot.wted.adj | Plot Weighted Border Adjacency
redist.prec.pop.overlap | Compare the Population Overlap Across Plans at the Precinct Level
redist.prep.enumpart | Prepares a run of the enumpart algorithm by ordering edges
redist.random.subgraph | Return a random subgraph of a shape
redist.read.enumpart | Read Results from enumpart
redist.reduce.adjacency | Reduce Adjacency List
redist.reorder | Reorders district numbers
redist.rsg | Redistricting via Random Seed and Grow Algorithm
redist.run.enumpart | Runs the enumpart algorithm
redist.segcalc | Segregation index calculation for MCMC redistricting.
redist.sink.plan | Sink Plans to 1:ndists
redist.smc_is_ci | (Deprecated) Confidence Intervals for Importance Sampling Estimates
redist.splits | Count County Splits
redist.subset | Subset a shp
redist.uncoarsen | Uncoarsen a District Matrix
redist.wted.adj | Create Weighted Adjacency Data
redist_ci | Confidence Intervals for SMC and MCMC Estimates
redist_constr | Set up constraints for sampling
redist_flip | 'Flip' Markov Chain Monte Carlo Redistricting Simulation (Fifield et al. 2020)
redist_flip_anneal | Flip MCMC Redistricting Simulator using Simulated Annealing
redist_map | Create a 'redist_map' object.
redist_mcmc_ci | Confidence Intervals for SMC and MCMC Estimates
redist_mergesplit | Merge-Split/Recombination MCMC Redistricting Sampler (Carter et al. 2019)
redist_mergesplit_parallel | Parallel Merge-Split/Recombination MCMC Redistricting Sampler
redist_plans | A set of redistricting plans
redist_quantile_trunc | Helper function to truncate importance weights
redist_shortburst | Redistricting Optimization through Short Bursts
redist_smc | SMC Redistricting Sampler (McCartan and Imai 2023)
redist_smc_ci | Confidence Intervals for SMC and MCMC Estimates

## -- S --

scorer-arith | Scoring function arithmetic
scorer-combine | Combine scoring functions
scorers | Scoring functions for 'redist_shortburst'
scorer_frac_kept | Scoring functions for 'redist_shortburst'
scorer_group_pct | Scoring functions for 'redist_shortburst'
scorer_multisplits | Scoring functions for 'redist_shortburst'
scorer_polsby_popper | Scoring functions for 'redist_shortburst'
scorer_pop_dev | Scoring functions for 'redist_shortburst'
scorer_splits | Scoring functions for 'redist_shortburst'
scorer_status_quo | Scoring functions for 'redist_shortburst'
segregation_index | Segregation index calculation for MCMC redistricting.
set_adj | Get and set the adjacency graph from a 'redist_map' object
set_pop_tol | Get and set the population tolerance from a 'redist_map' object
subset_ref | Subset to sampled or reference draws
subset_sampled | Subset to sampled or reference draws
summary.redist_plans | Diagnostic information on sampled plans

## -- T --

tally_var | Tally a variable by district

## -- W --

weights.redist_plans | Extract the sampling weights from a redistricting simulation.

## -- misc --

*.redist_scorer | Scoring function arithmetic
+.redist_scorer | Scoring function arithmetic
-.redist_scorer | Scoring function arithmetic