add_constraint function

Add new constraint to constraint table

Add a new constraint to the mapping between a given macro dataset (class "macroACS") and a matching micro dataset (class "micro_synthetic). May be called repeatedly to create a set of constraints.

add_constraint(
  attr_name = "variable",
  attr_totals,
  micro_data,
  constraint_list = NULL
)

Arguments

• attr_name: The name of the attribute, or variable, that you wish to constrain.
• attr_totals: A named integer vector of counts per level of the new constraining attribute.
• micro_data: The micro dataset, of class "micro_synthetic", for which you wish to add a constraint.
• constraint_list: A list of prior constraints on the same dataset which you wish to add to. Defaults to NULL (ie. the default is that this is the first constraint.)

Returns

A list of constraints.

Examples

## Not run:

## assumes that you have a micro_synthetic dataset named test_micro and attribute counts
## named a,e,g respectively 
c_list <- add_constraint(attr_name= "age", attr_totals= a, micro_data= test_micro)
c_list <- add_constraint(attr_name= "edu_attain", attr_totals= e, micro_data= test_micro,
                        constraint_list= c_list)
c_list <- add_constraint(attr_name= "gender", attr_totals= g, micro_data= test_micro,
                         constraint_list= c_list)
## End(Not run)