Nerds: anyone want to help me craft a continuous penalty function for non-compliance w/ the Housing Accountability Act?
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The function wouldn't include time, it would be based on the number of units, but I'd want a maximum fine of around $2M
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So $100,000 fine for 1 unit, ramping up near $100k/unit then tapering off, asymptotically approaching $2M.
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Replying to @hanlonbt @tdfischer_ @eean
Something like $2M * tanh(units / 20)?

Mar 14, 2017 · 1:24 AM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @tdfischer_ @eean
I think tanh increases too quickly. The fee becomes ~ $1.9M at 33 units, and remains there for larger projects
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Then pick one of the flatter functions in en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoi…? (from nitter.vloup.ch/TommSciortino/st… @TommSciortino)
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14 Mar 2017
Replying to @davidbaron @hanlonbt @tdfischer_
consider is the sigmoid function which is the poster-child for this kind of thing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoi…
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Replying to @davidbaron @hanlonbt
That gives $ R > tanh(1:9 / 20) * 2000000 99916.75 199335.99 297770.07 394750.64 489837.32 582625.22 672751.09 759897.92 843798.01
Replying to @davidbaron @hanlonbt @tdfischer_
consider is the sigmoid function which is the poster-child for this kind of thing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoi…
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