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# setwd("~/Dropbox/OptimizingSI/App")
# install.packages( "~/Documents/strategize-software/strategize", repos = NULL, type = "source",force = F)
# Script: app_ono.R
options(error = NULL)
library(shiny)
library(ggplot2)
library(dplyr)
# Custom plotting function for optimal strategy distributions
plot_factor <- function(pi_star_list,
pi_star_se_list,
factor_name,
zStar = 1.96,
n_strategies = 1L) {
probs <- lapply(pi_star_list, function(x) x[[factor_name]])
ses <- lapply(pi_star_se_list, function(x) x[[factor_name]])
levels <- names(probs[[1]])
# Create data frame for plotting
df <- do.call(rbind, lapply(1:n_strategies, function(i) {
data.frame(
Strategy = if (n_strategies == 1) "Optimal" else c("Democrat", "Republican")[i],
Level = levels,
Probability = probs[[i]]
#SE = ses[[i]]
)
}))
# Manual dodging: Create numeric x-positions with offsets
df$Level_num <- as.numeric(as.factor(df$Level)) # Convert Level to numeric (1, 2, ...)
if (n_strategies == 1) {
df$x_dodged <- df$Level_num # No dodging for single strategy
} else {
# Apply ±offset for Democrat/Republican
df$x_dodged <- df$Level_num +
ifelse(df$Strategy == "Democrat",
-0.05, 0.05)
}
# Plot with ggplot2
p <- ggplot(df, aes(x = x_dodged,
y = Probability,
color = Strategy)) +
# Segment from y=0 to y=Probability
geom_segment(
aes(x = x_dodged, xend = x_dodged,
y = 0, yend = Probability),
size = 0.3
) +
# Point at the probability
geom_point(
size = 2.5
) +
# Text label above the point
geom_text(
aes(x = x_dodged,
label = sprintf("%.2f", Probability)),
vjust = -0.7,
size = 3
) +
# Set x-axis with original Level labels
scale_x_continuous(
breaks = unique(df$Level_num),
labels = unique(df$Level),
limits = c(min(df$x_dodged)-0.20,
max(df$x_dodged)+0.20)
) +
# Labels
labs(
title = "Optimal Distribution for:",
subtitle = sprintf("*%s*", gsub(factor_name,
pattern = "\\.",
replace = " ")),
x = "Level",
y = "Probability"
) +
# Apply Tufte's minimalistic theme
theme_minimal(base_size = 18,
base_line_size = 0) +
theme(
legend.position = "none",
legend.title = element_blank(),
panel.grid.major = element_blank(),
panel.grid.minor = element_blank(),
axis.line = element_line(color = "black", size = 0.5),
axis.text.x = element_text(angle = 45,
hjust = 1,
margin = margin(r = 10)) # Add right margin
) +
# Manual color scale for different strategies
scale_color_manual(values = c("Democrat" = "#89cff0",
"Republican" = "red",
"Optimal" = "black"))
return(p)
}
# UI Definition
ui <- fluidPage(
titlePanel("Selecting Optimal Candidate Profiles in Adversarial Environments: Case Study using a 2016 Conjoint"),
tags$p(
style = "text-align: left; margin-top: -10px;",
tags$a(
href = "https://strategizelab.org/",
target = "_blank",
title = "strategizelab.org",
style = "color: #337ab7; text-decoration: none;",
"strategizelab.org ",
icon("external-link", style = "font-size: 12px;")
)
),
# ---- Minimal "Share" button HTML + JS inlined ----
tags$div(
style = "text-align: left; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 0em;",
HTML('
<button id="share-button"
style="
display: inline-flex;
align-items: center;
justify-content: center;
gap: 8px;
padding: 5px 10px;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: normal;
color: #000;
background-color: #fff;
border: 1px solid #ddd;
border-radius: 6px;
cursor: pointer;
box-shadow: 0 1.5px 0 #000;
">
<svg width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor"
stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round">
<circle cx="18" cy="5" r="3"></circle>
<circle cx="6" cy="12" r="3"></circle>
<circle cx="18" cy="19" r="3"></circle>
<line x1="8.59" y1="13.51" x2="15.42" y2="17.49"></line>
<line x1="15.41" y1="6.51" x2="8.59" y2="10.49"></line>
</svg>
<strong>Share</strong>
</button>
'),
tags$script(
HTML("
(function() {
const shareBtn = document.getElementById('share-button');
// Reusable helper function to show a small “Copied!” message
function showCopyNotification() {
const notification = document.createElement('div');
notification.innerText = 'Copied to clipboard';
notification.style.position = 'fixed';
notification.style.bottom = '20px';
notification.style.right = '20px';
notification.style.backgroundColor = 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8)';
notification.style.color = '#fff';
notification.style.padding = '8px 12px';
notification.style.borderRadius = '4px';
notification.style.zIndex = '9999';
document.body.appendChild(notification);
setTimeout(() => { notification.remove(); }, 2000);
}
shareBtn.addEventListener('click', function() {
const currentURL = window.location.href;
const pageTitle = document.title || 'Check this out!';
// If browser supports Web Share API
if (navigator.share) {
navigator.share({
title: pageTitle,
text: '',
url: currentURL
})
.catch((error) => {
console.log('Sharing failed', error);
});
} else {
// Fallback: Copy URL
if (navigator.clipboard && navigator.clipboard.writeText) {
navigator.clipboard.writeText(currentURL).then(() => {
showCopyNotification();
}, (err) => {
console.error('Could not copy text: ', err);
});
} else {
// Double fallback for older browsers
const textArea = document.createElement('textarea');
textArea.value = currentURL;
document.body.appendChild(textArea);
textArea.select();
try {
document.execCommand('copy');
showCopyNotification();
} catch (err) {
alert('Please copy this link:\\n' + currentURL);
}
document.body.removeChild(textArea);
}
}
});
})();
")
)
),
# ---- End: Minimal Share button snippet ----
sidebarLayout(
# -- In app_ono.R, inside `ui` definition --
sidebarPanel(
h4("Analysis Options"),
radioButtons("case_type", "Case Type:",
choices = c("Average", "Adversarial"),
selected = "Average"),
conditionalPanel(
condition = "input.case_type == 'Average'",
selectInput("respondent_group", "Respondent Group:",
choices = c("All", "Democrat", "Independent", "Republican"),
selected = "All")
),
# Selected lambda
selectInput(
inputId = "lambda_input",
label = "Lambda (regularization):",
choices = c("0.001" = 0.001,
"0.01" = 0.01,
"0.1" = 0.1),
selected = 0.01
)
,
actionButton("compute", "Compute Results", class = "btn-primary"),
hr(),
h4("Visualization"),
selectInput("factor", "Select Factor to Display:",
choices = NULL),
br(),
selectInput("previousResults", "View Previous Results:",
choices = NULL),
hr(),
h5("Instructions:"),
p("1. Select a case type and, for Average case, a respondent group."),
p("2. Specify the single lambda to be used."),
p("3. Click 'Compute Results' to retrieve the pre-computed optimal strategies."),
p("4. Choose a factor to view its distribution."),
p("5. Use 'View Previous Results' to toggle among past computations."),
#
hr(),
p(
em("For full methodological details, see "),
a("Jerzak et al. (2025)",
href = "https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19043",
target = "_blank",
style = "text-decoration: underline;"),
em(" on arXiv.")
)
),
mainPanel(
tabsetPanel(
tabPanel("Optimal Strategy Plot",
plotOutput("strategy_plot", height = "600px")),
tabPanel("Q Value",
verbatimTextOutput("q_value"),
p("Q represents the estimated outcome
under the optimal strategy, with 95% confidence interval.")),
tabPanel("About",
h3("About this page"),
p("This page app explores the ",
a("strategize R package", href = "https://github.com/cjerzak/strategize-software/", target = "_blank"),
" using Ono forced conjoint experimental data.
It computes optimal strategies for Average (optimizing for a respondent group)
and Adversarial (optimizing for both parties in competition) cases on the fly."),
p(strong("Average Case:"),
"Optimizes candidate characteristics for a selected respondent group."),
p(strong("Adversarial Case:"),
"Finds equilibrium strategies for Democrats and Republicans."),
p(strong("More information:"),
a("strategizelab.org", href = "https://strategizelab.org", target = "_blank"))
)
),
br(),
wellPanel(
h4("Currently Selected Computation:"),
verbatimTextOutput("selection_summary")
)
)
)
)
# Server Definition
server <- function(input, output, session) {
# Load data
load("./AppData/Processed_OnoData.RData")
Primary2016 <- read.csv("./AppData/PrimaryCandidates2016 - Sheet1.csv")
# Prepare a storage structure for caching multiple results
cachedResults <- reactiveValues(data = list())
# Dynamic update of factor choices
observe({
if (input$case_type == "Average") {
factors <- colnames(FACTOR_MAT_FULL)[!colnames(FACTOR_MAT_FULL) %in% c("Office")]
} else {
factors <- colnames(FACTOR_MAT_FULL)[!colnames(FACTOR_MAT_FULL) %in% c("Office", "Party.affiliation", "Party.competition")]
}
updateSelectInput(session, "factor", choices = factors, selected = factors[1])
})
# Generate a new result and cache it
# -- In app_ono.R, inside `server` definition --
observeEvent(input$compute, {
withProgress(message = "Retrieving results...", value = 0, {
incProgress(0.2, detail = "Looking up precomputed results...")
# Construct a human-readable label (as before)
if (input$case_type == "Average") {
label <- paste("Case=Average, Group=", input$respondent_group,
", Lambda=", input$lambda_input, sep="")
lam_char <- gsub("\\.", "PT", as.character(input$lambda_input))
filename <- paste0("Average_", input$respondent_group,
"_lambda", lam_char, ".rds")
} else {
label <- paste("Case=Adversarial, Lambda=", input$lambda_input, sep="")
lam_char <- gsub("\\.", "PT", as.character(input$lambda_input))
filename <- paste0("Adversarial_lambda", lam_char, ".rds")
}
# Read the matching pre-computed .rds file from disk
file_path <- file.path("AppResults", filename)
Qoptimized <- readRDS(file_path)
# Store the loaded results in our reactive cache
cachedResults$data[[label]] <- Qoptimized
incProgress(0.8, detail = "Finishing up...")
# Update the choice list for previous results
updateSelectInput(session, "previousResults",
choices = names(cachedResults$data),
selected = label)
})
})
# Reactive to pick the result the user wants to display
selectedResult <- reactive({
validate(
need(input$previousResults != "", "No result computed or selected yet.")
)
cachedResults$data[[input$previousResults]]
})
# Render strategy plot
output$strategy_plot <- renderPlot({
req(selectedResult())
factor_name <- input$factor
pi_star_list <- selectedResult()$pi_star_point
pi_star_se_list <- selectedResult()$pi_star_se
n_strategies <- selectedResult()$n_strategies
plot_factor(pi_star_list = pi_star_list,
pi_star_se_list = pi_star_se_list,
factor_name = factor_name,
n_strategies = n_strategies)
})
# Render Q value
output$q_value <- renderText({
req(selectedResult())
q_point <- selectedResult()$Q_point
q_se <- selectedResult()$Q_se
show_se <- length(q_se) > 0
if(show_se){ show_se <- q_se > 0 }
if(!show_se){ render_text <- paste("Estimated Q Value:", sprintf("%.3f", q_point)) }
if(show_se){ render_text <- paste("Estimated Q Value:", sprintf("%.3f ± %.3f", q_point, 1.96 * q_se)) }
sprintf("%s (Runtime: %.3f s)",
render_text,
selectedResult()$runtime_seconds)
})
# Show which set of parameters (label) is currently selected
output$selection_summary <- renderText({
input$previousResults
})
}
# Run the app
shinyApp(ui, server)