toilet-seat-problem

Run simulations to decide whether a man should put the toilet seat down or not.

WARNING: This will not help you decide whether a man should pee standing or sitting.

Results (Lowering vs. Leaving)

I simulated 10k days with the following settings:

var visitors = new List<ToiletCustomerSettings>()
{
  new ToiletCustomerSettings()
  {
  	Name = "Susan",
  	PeeStrategy = new SitAndLeavePeeStrategy(),
  	PooStrategy = new PooAndLeaveStrategy(),
  	MinDailyPeeTimes = 5,
  	MaxDailyPeeTimes = 9,
  	MinDailyPooTimes = 0,
  	MaxDailyPooTimes = 2,
  },
  new ToiletCustomerSettings()
  {
  	Name = "Steve",
  	PeeStrategy = new StandAndLeavePeeStrategy(),
  	PooStrategy = new PooAndLeaveStrategy(),
  	MinDailyPeeTimes = 4,
  	MaxDailyPeeTimes = 7,
  	MinDailyPooTimes = 0,
  	MaxDailyPooTimes = 2,
  },
};

var simulationSettings = new SimulationSettings
{
  Visitors = visitors,
  DaysToSimulate = 10000,
  RandomWeightCalculationStrategy = new VisitsLeftPow3Strategy(),
  InitialToiletSeatState = ToiletSeatState.Random,
  RandomSeedInstance = default,
};

Everybody just leaves the toilet seat as it is at the end of every visit. And that gives us around 7.75 toilet seat interactions per day.

If I change Steve's pee strategy to "always lower the seat":

visitors[1].PeeStrategy = new StandAndLowerPeeStrategy();

that will give us around 11.2 toilet seat interactions per day.

Changing Steve's strategy to "sit and leave" will drop interactions to zero, but it's a different story.