RIS function list index out of range

[mbjallow6]

I have tried your RIS implementation several times but when ever I used a very low mc value let say less than 50, I often have a list index out of range error. How does the flat list becomes empty?

[mbjallow6]

Just to add so findings about the above issue. After a series of testing i found that the higher the probability value the more like to "R" as in the code run out of index.

[hautahi]

Thanks for your comment - sorry for slow response.

You're right, there are a number of parameter settings that could lead to an index error resulting from an emptyflat_list list.

• mc determines the original size of the flat list, so yes, a low value of mc increases the possibility that the k seed nodes will "cover" all the RRS's.
• A large p value increases the size of the RRS's so that any given node generally appears in more of them.
• A large k will also create a similar situation as the size of the flat_list decreases with each iteration.

This issue can be fixed using a simple if flat_list: statement on line 54.