Add 3 functions to simulate genotypes/allele counts for quick protyping

allel/simulate/__init__.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# flake8: noqa

allel/simulate/simulate.py

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+from allel.model.dask import GenotypeDaskArray, GenotypeAlleleCountsDaskArray, AlleleCountsDaskArray
+
+import numpy as np
+import dask.array as da
+
+
+def simulate_genotypes(n_variants, n_samples, p=(0.95, 0.05), ploidy=2):
+    """generate genotypes from a random distribution
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    n_variants : int
+        number of variants to generate
+    n_samples : int
+        number of samples to generate
+    p : tuple, float
+        probability of each allele, must sum to 1.
+        This is used to implicitly specify the number of alleles
+    ploidy : int
+        ploidy of individuals
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    GenotypeDaskArray: int8, shape (nvariants, nsamples, ploidy)
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    For speed and efficiency all variants are drawn from the same distribution.
+    For a more "realistic" simulate this simple function may want to be extended.
+
+    """
+    a = np.arange(0, len(p), dtype="int8")
+
+    g = da.random.choice(
+        a, size=(n_variants, n_samples, ploidy), p=p)
+
+    return GenotypeDaskArray(g)
+
+
+def simulate_allele_counts_array(n_variants, n_samples, p=(0.95, 0.05), ploidy=2):
+    """generate an allele counts array from a random distribution
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    n_variants : int
+        number of variants to generate
+    n_samples : int
+        number of samples to generate
+    p : tuple, float
+        probability of each allele, must sum to 1.
+        This is used to implicitly specify the number of alleles
+    ploidy : int
+        ploidy of individuals
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    GenotypeAlleleCountsDaskArray: int64, shape (nvariants, nsamples, n_alleles)
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    For speed and efficiency all variants are drawn from the same distribution.
+    For a more "realistic" simulate this simple function may want to be extended.
+
+    """
+
+    aca = da.random.multinomial(
+        ploidy,
+        p,
+        size=(n_variants, n_samples))
+
+    return GenotypeAlleleCountsDaskArray(aca)
+
+
+def simulate_allele_counts(n_variants, n_samples, p=(0.95, 0.05), ploidy=2):
+    """generate allele counts from a random distribution
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    n_variants : int
+        number of variants to generate
+    n_samples : int
+        number of samples to generate
+    p : tuple, float
+        probability of each allele, must sum to 1.
+        This is used to implicitly specify the number of alleles
+    ploidy : int
+        ploidy of individuals
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    GenotypeDaskArray: int8, shape (nvariants, n_alleles)
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    For speed and efficiency all variants are drawn from the same distribution.
+    For a more "realistic" simulate this simple function may want to be extended.
+
+    """
+
+    ac = da.random.multinomial(
+        ploidy * n_samples,
+        p,
+        size=(n_variants,))
+
+    return AlleleCountsDaskArray(ac)