;;; gnosis-algorithm.el --- Spaced Repetition Algorithm for Gnosis -*- lexical-binding: t; -*- ;; Copyright (C) 2023 Thanos Apollo ;; Author: Thanos Apollo ;; Keywords: extensions ;; URL: https://git.thanosapollo.org/gnosis ;; Version: 0.0.1 ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "27.2") (compat "29.1.4.2")) ;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by ;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or ;; (at your option) any later version. ;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the ;; GNU General Public License for more details. ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License ;; along with this program. If not, see . ;;; Commentary: ;; Work in progress ;;; Code: (require 'cl-lib) (require 'calendar) (defcustom gnosis-interval '(1 3) "Gnosis initial interval. Interval by which a new question is displayed or when it's ef is at 1.3. First item: First interval Second item: Second interval." :group 'gnosis :type 'list) (defcustom gnosis-algorithm-ef '(0.3 0.3) "Gnosis easiness factor. First item : Increase factor Second item: Decrease factor" :group 'gnosis :type 'list) (defcustom gnosis-algorithm-ff 0.5 "Gnosis forgetting factor. Used to calcuate new interval for failed questions." :group 'gnosis :type 'float) (defun gnosis-algorithm-date (&optional offset) "Return the current date in a list (year month day). Optional integer OFFSET is a number of days from the current date." (let* ((now (decode-time)) (now (list (decoded-time-month now) (decoded-time-day now) (decoded-time-year now)))) (let ((date (if (zerop (or offset 0)) now (calendar-gregorian-from-absolute (+ offset (calendar-absolute-from-gregorian now)))))) (list (nth 2 date) (nth 0 date) (nth 1 date))))) (defun gnosis-algorithm-date-diff (year month day) "Find the difference between the current date and the given date. The structure of the given date is (YEAR MONTH DAY)." (let ((current-date (gnosis-algorithm-date)) (given-date (encode-time 0 0 0 day month year))) (- (time-to-days (current-time)) (time-to-days given-date)))) (defun gnosis-algorithm-e-factor (ef quality) "Calculate new e-factor given existing EF and binary QUALITY, 0 or 1." (cond ((not (numberp quality)) (error "Invalid argument passed to gnosis-algorithm-e-factor")) ((= quality 0) ;; If the quality score is 0 (fail), decrease the ef by a small penalty (max 1.3 (- ef (cadr gnosis-ef)))) ((= quality 1) ;; If the quality score is 1 (pass), increase the ef by a small reward (+ ef (car gnosis-ef))) (t (error "Invalid quality score passed to gnosis-algorithm-e-factor")))) (defun gnosis-algorithm-next-interval (last-interval n ef success ff) "Calculate next interval. - LAST-INTERVAL : The number of days since the item was last reviewed. - N : Number of times the item has been reviewed. - EF : Easiness Factor. - SUCCESS : Success of the recall, ranges from 0 (unsuccessful) to 1 (successful). - FF: Failure factor Returns a tuple: (INTERVAL N EF) where, - INTERVAL : The number of days until the item should next be reviewed. - N : Incremented by 1. - EF : Modified based on the recall success for the item." (cl-assert (and (>= success 0) (<= success 1))) ;; Calculate the next easiness factor. (let* ((next-ef (gnosis-algorithm-e-factor ef success)) ;; Calculate the next interval. (interval (cond ;; Show item same day on the first review ((= n 0) 0) ;; Immediately next day if it's the first time review. ((<= n 1) (car gnosis-interval)) ;; After 3 days if it's second review. ((= n 2) (cadr gnosis-interval)) ;; Increase last interval by 1 if recall was successful. Keep last interval if unsuccessful. (t (if (= success 1) (* ef last-interval) (* ff last-interval)))))) (list (round interval) (1+ n) next-ef))) (provide 'gnosis-algorithm) ;;; gnosis-algorithm.el ends here