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demo.py

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+"""
+demo.py — Quick demo for hackathon judges / live defense
+Runs everything in < 5 seconds. All output is self-explanatory.
+"""
+
+from pricer import (
+    Product, suggest_price, simulate_7_days,
+    format_sms, print_comparison_report, freshness_factor
+)
+
+
+def demo_single_price():
+    """Show how one pricing call works, step by step."""
+    print("\n" + "━"*60)
+    print("  DEMO 1: Single Price Recommendation")
+    print("━"*60)
+
+    tomato = Product(
+        sku="TOMATO-A",
+        cost=1000,
+        shelf_life_days=7,
+        p_ref=1800,
+        Q0=50,
+        alpha=1.5,
+    )
+
+    competitors = [1600, 1700, 1900]
+
+    for age in [0, 2, 3.5, 5, 6]:
+        result = suggest_price(tomato, age, competitors)
+        freshness = result["freshness"]
+        price = result["suggested_price"]
+        label = result["freshness_label"]
+        print(f"  Day {age:>3.1f} | Freshness: {freshness:.3f} ({label:<10}) "
+              f"→ Price: {price:>7.0f} UGX | "
+              f"Margin: {result['margin_pct']:>5.1f}%")
+
+
+def demo_freshness_table():
+    """Show the sigmoid freshness curve — great for interview visuals."""
+    print("\n" + "━"*60)
+    print("  DEMO 2: Freshness Curve (why sigmoid beats linear)")
+    print("━"*60)
+    print(f"  {'Day':<6} {'Sigmoid':>10} {'Linear':>10} {'Difference':>12}")
+    print("  " + "-"*42)
+
+    shelf = 7
+    for day in range(8):
+        sigmoid = freshness_factor(day, shelf)
+        linear = max(0, 1 - day / shelf)
+        diff = sigmoid - linear
+        bar = "█" * int(sigmoid * 20)
+        print(f"  {day:<6} {sigmoid:>10.3f} {linear:>10.3f} {diff:>+12.3f}  {bar}")
+
+
+def demo_what_at_half_life():
+    """Interview: what happens at half shelf life?"""
+    print("\n" + "━"*60)
+    print("  DEMO 3: The Half-Life Moment (key interview talking point)")
+    print("━"*60)
+
+    tomato = Product(
+        sku="TOMATO-A", cost=1000, shelf_life_days=7,
+        p_ref=1800, Q0=50, alpha=1.5,
+    )
+    half_life = tomato.shelf_life_days / 2  # Day 3.5
+
+    fresh_result = suggest_price(tomato, 0, [1600, 1700])
+    mid_result   = suggest_price(tomato, half_life, [1600, 1700])
+    late_result  = suggest_price(tomato, 6, [1600, 1700])
+
+    print(f"  Day 0   (fresh):     {fresh_result['suggested_price']:>7.0f} UGX — {fresh_result['freshness_label']}")
+    print(f"  Day 3.5 (half-life): {mid_result['suggested_price']:>7.0f} UGX — {mid_result['freshness_label']}")
+    print(f"  Day 6   (near-exp):  {late_result['suggested_price']:>7.0f} UGX — {late_result['freshness_label']}")
+    print()
+    price_drop = (fresh_result['suggested_price'] - mid_result['suggested_price'])
+    print(f"  → At half-life, price drops {price_drop:.0f} UGX ({price_drop/fresh_result['suggested_price']*100:.0f}%)")
+    print("  → This is the inflection point — aggressive discounting begins")
+    print("  → Exactly where the sigmoid inflects: steepest rate of change")
+
+
+def demo_sms():
+    """Show SMS output for different freshness levels."""
+    print("\n" + "━"*60)
+    print("  DEMO 4: SMS Output (African Market Feature)")
+    print("━"*60)
+
+    tomato = Product(
+        sku="TOM", cost=1000, shelf_life_days=7,
+        p_ref=1800, Q0=50, alpha=1.5,
+    )
+
+    for age in [0, 3, 5, 6]:
+        result = suggest_price(tomato, age, [1600, 1700, 1900])
+        sms = format_sms(result, "UGX")
+        print(f"  Day {age}: [{len(sms):>3}chr] {sms}")
+
+
+def demo_simulation():
+    """Full 7-day comparison across 3 strategies."""
+    tomato = Product(
+        sku="TOMATO", cost=1000, shelf_life_days=7,
+        p_ref=1800, Q0=50, alpha=1.5,
+    )
+    print_comparison_report(tomato, [1600, 1700, 1900])
+
+    # Second product: bread (shorter shelf life, different dynamics)
+    bread = Product(
+        sku="BREAD", cost=2500, shelf_life_days=3,
+        p_ref=4000, Q0=30, alpha=2.0,
+        k=10.0  # Sharper cliff for bread
+    )
+    print_comparison_report(bread, [3800, 3900])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    demo_single_price()
+    demo_freshness_table()
+    demo_what_at_half_life()
+    demo_sms()
+    demo_simulation()
+
+    print("\n✅ All demos complete. Ready for live defense.")

pricer.py

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+"""
+pricer.py — Perishable Goods Dynamic Pricing Engine
+AIMS KTT Hackathon Solution
+Author: [Your Name]
+
+CORE IDEA:
+  Price should fall as goods age — but not linearly.
+  Freshness drops like a sigmoid cliff near expiry.
+  We find the price that maximizes (profit per unit) × (expected demand).
+"""
+
+import math
+import argparse
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 1. DATA MODEL
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+@dataclass
+class Product:
+    """Everything the engine needs to know about one SKU."""
+    sku: str
+    cost: float          # What you paid per unit (UGX / KES / local currency)
+    shelf_life_days: int # Days until unsellable
+    p_ref: float         # "Normal" full-price when perfectly fresh
+    Q0: float            # Expected daily demand at reference price & full freshness
+    alpha: float = 1.5   # Price sensitivity: higher = customers more price-sensitive
+    margin_floor: float  = 1.10  # Never sell below cost × this (e.g. 1.10 = 10% min margin)
+    k: float = 8.0       # Sigmoid sharpness: higher = sharper freshness cliff
+
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 2. FRESHNESS FUNCTION  (The Heart of the Engine)
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def freshness_factor(age_days: float, shelf_life: int, k: float = 8.0) -> float:
+    """
+    Returns a value in (0, 1] representing how 'fresh' the product is.
+
+    FORMULA:
+        freshness = 1 / (1 + exp(k * (age - shelf_life/2) / shelf_life))
+
+    WHY SIGMOID, NOT LINEAR?
+        - Linear decay: tomato loses equal value every day. Unrealistic.
+        - Sigmoid: product stays near full value for the first half of shelf life,
+          then VALUE COLLAPSES near expiry — matching real buyer psychology.
+        - At age=0:         freshness ≈ 1.0  (perfectly fresh)
+        - At age=half-life: freshness = 0.5  (midpoint — important for interviews!)
+        - At age=shelf_life: freshness ≈ 0.02 (near-expired, almost worthless)
+
+    INTERVIEW ANSWER for "What happens at half shelf life?":
+        "The price is roughly halfway between full price and minimum floor.
+         This is intentional — it's the inflection point where we start aggressive
+         discounting to clear stock before waste occurs."
+    """
+    if age_days >= shelf_life:
+        return 0.001  # Expired: unsellable (near-zero, not zero, to avoid log errors)
+
+    ratio = (age_days - shelf_life / 2.0) / shelf_life
+    return 1.0 / (1.0 + math.exp(k * ratio))
+
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 3. DEMAND MODEL
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def expected_demand(price: float, product: Product, freshness: float) -> float:
+    """
+    Q(p) = Q0 × exp(-α × (p - p_ref) / p_ref) × freshness
+
+    HOW TO READ THIS:
+        - If p = p_ref (reference price): demand = Q0 × freshness
+        - If p > p_ref: demand falls exponentially (customers walk away)
+        - If p < p_ref: demand rises (bargain hunters come in)
+        - freshness scales everything: near-expired goods sell less regardless of price
+
+    This is a standard "constant elasticity" demand model — simple, defensible,
+    and widely used in revenue management literature.
+    """
+    price_effect = math.exp(-product.alpha * (price - product.p_ref) / product.p_ref)
+    return product.Q0 * price_effect * freshness
+
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 4. PROFIT FUNCTION
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def expected_profit(price: float, product: Product, freshness: float) -> float:
+    """
+    Profit = (price - cost) × expected_demand(price)
+
+    We maximise this over a grid of candidate prices.
+    Simple grid search — fast, transparent, no black box.
+    """
+    margin = price - product.cost
+    if margin <= 0:
+        return 0.0  # Never sell at a loss
+    return margin * expected_demand(price, product, freshness)
+
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 5. COMPETITOR ADJUSTMENT
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def apply_competitor_pressure(
+    optimal_price: float,
+    competitor_prices: list[float],
+    beta: float = 0.20
+) -> float:
+    """
+    Nudge price down if we're significantly more expensive than competitors.
+
+    FORMULA:
+        if p* > min_competitor:
+            discount = β × (p* - min_competitor) / p*
+            p_final = p* × (1 - discount)
+
+    WHY NOT JUST MATCH LOWEST PRICE?
+        Because undercutting on price is a race to the bottom.
+        We only adjust partially (β = 0.20 = 20% of the gap).
+        This maintains margin while staying competitive.
+    """
+    if not competitor_prices:
+        return optimal_price
+
+    min_comp = min(competitor_prices)
+
+    if optimal_price <= min_comp:
+        return optimal_price  # Already competitive, no change needed
+
+    gap_ratio = (optimal_price - min_comp) / optimal_price
+    discount_fraction = beta * gap_ratio
+    adjusted = optimal_price * (1.0 - discount_fraction)
+    return adjusted
+
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 6. THE MAIN PRICING FUNCTION
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def suggest_price(
+    product: Product,
+    age_days: float,
+    competitor_prices: Optional[list[float]] = None,
+    grid_steps: int = 200,
+    beta: float = 0.20
+) -> dict:
+    """
+    THE CORE ENGINE.
+
+    Given a product, its age, and competitor prices:
+    → Find the price that maximises expected profit
+    → Enforce minimum margin floor
+    → Adjust for competition
+    → Return price + explanation
+
+    STEPS:
+        1. Compute freshness
+        2. Build price grid from floor to ceiling
+        3. Score each price by expected profit
+        4. Pick winner
+        5. Competitor adjustment
+        6. Enforce margin floor (safety net)
+        7. Return result + reasoning
+    """
+    competitor_prices = competitor_prices or []
+
+    # Step 1: How fresh is this product right now?
+    freshness = freshness_factor(age_days, product.shelf_life_days, product.k)
+
+    # Step 2: Build candidate price range
+    min_price = product.cost * product.margin_floor   # Hard floor: must cover cost
+    max_price = product.p_ref * 1.5                   # Ceiling: don't be absurd
+
+    if min_price >= max_price:
+        # Edge case: cost is too high relative to market — flag it
+        return {
+            "sku": product.sku,
+            "suggested_price": min_price,
+            "freshness": round(freshness, 3),
+            "expected_demand": 0.0,
+            "expected_profit": 0.0,
+            "note": "WARNING: Cost floor exceeds max price. Check cost data.",
+            "age_days": age_days,
+        }
+
+    # Step 3: Grid search — test 200 candidate prices
+    # KEY INSIGHT: as freshness drops, the "effective" demand ceiling drops,
+    # so the profit-maximising price shifts LEFT (lower).
+    # We also shrink max_price by freshness so we search a relevant range.
+    effective_max = min_price + (max_price - min_price) * max(freshness, 0.05)
+
+    step = (effective_max - min_price) / grid_steps
+    best_price = min_price
+    best_profit = 0.0
+
+    for i in range(grid_steps + 1):
+        candidate = min_price + i * step
+        profit = expected_profit(candidate, product, freshness)
+        if profit > best_profit:
+            best_profit = profit
+            best_price = candidate
+
+    # Step 4: Apply competitor pressure
+    adjusted_price = apply_competitor_pressure(best_price, competitor_prices, beta)
+
+    # Step 5: Enforce margin floor (safety net — can never go below this)
+    final_price = max(adjusted_price, product.cost * product.margin_floor)
+
+    # Step 6: Build explanation (critical for interviews + SMS output)
+    days_left = product.shelf_life_days - age_days
+    demand_at_price = expected_demand(final_price, product, freshness)
+
+    if freshness > 0.8:
+        freshness_label = "FRESH"
+    elif freshness > 0.5:
+        freshness_label = "GOOD"
+    elif freshness > 0.2:
+        freshness_label = "AGING"
+    else:
+        freshness_label = "CLEAR NOW"
+
+    return {
+        "sku": product.sku,
+        "suggested_price": round(final_price, 2),
+        "freshness": round(freshness, 3),
+        "freshness_label": freshness_label,
+        "days_left": round(days_left, 1),
+        "expected_demand_units": round(demand_at_price, 1),
+        "expected_daily_profit": round((final_price - product.cost) * demand_at_price, 2),
+        "margin_pct": round((final_price - product.cost) / product.cost * 100, 1),
+        "competitor_min": round(min(competitor_prices), 2) if competitor_prices else None,
+        "note": freshness_label,
+    }
+
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 7. SIMULATION ENGINE
+# ────────────────────���────────────────────────
+
+def simulate_7_days(product: Product, competitor_prices: list[float], strategy: str = "engine") -> dict:
+    """
+    Run a 7-day simulation for one product under a given strategy.
+
+    STRATEGIES:
+        "engine"     — Our dynamic pricing engine
+        "cost_plus"  — Naive: always sell at cost × 1.30
+        "cheapest"   — Always match the cheapest competitor
+    """
+    total_profit = 0.0
+    total_units_sold = 0.0
+    total_waste = 0.0
+    daily_log = []
+
+    opening_stock = product.Q0 * product.shelf_life_days * 0.8  # Realistic starting stock
+    stock = opening_stock
+
+    for day in range(product.shelf_life_days):
+        age = day  # Age in days (0 = just stocked)
+        freshness = freshness_factor(age, product.shelf_life_days, product.k)
+
+        # Determine price by strategy
+        if strategy == "engine":
+            result = suggest_price(product, age, competitor_prices)
+            price = result["suggested_price"]
+
+        elif strategy == "cost_plus":
+            price = product.cost * 1.30  # Simple 30% markup, never changes
+
+        elif strategy == "cheapest":
+            comp_min = min(competitor_prices) if competitor_prices else product.p_ref
+            price = max(comp_min, product.cost * product.margin_floor)
+
+        # Demand realisation: add small randomness to simulate real market
+        demand = expected_demand(price, product, freshness)
+        # Slight noise: ±10%
+        import random
+        random.seed(day * 7 + hash(strategy) % 100)
+        noise = random.uniform(0.90, 1.10)
+        actual_demand = demand * noise
+
+        # Units sold = min(demand, available stock)
+        units_sold = min(actual_demand, stock)
+        revenue = units_sold * price
+        cost_of_goods = units_sold * product.cost
+        profit = revenue - cost_of_goods
+
+        stock -= units_sold
+
+        # Track waste on last day
+        if day == product.shelf_life_days - 1:
+            waste = max(stock, 0)
+            total_waste += waste
+            stock = 0
+
+        total_profit += profit
+        total_units_sold += units_sold
+
+        daily_log.append({
+            "day": day + 1,
+            "price": round(price, 2),
+            "freshness": round(freshness, 3),
+            "units_sold": round(units_sold, 1),
+            "profit": round(profit, 2),
+            "stock_remaining": round(stock, 1),
+        })
+
+    # Final waste: any remaining stock
+    total_waste += max(stock, 0)
+
+    return {
+        "strategy": strategy,
+        "total_profit": round(total_profit, 2),
+        "total_units_sold": round(total_units_sold, 1),
+        "waste_units": round(total_waste, 1),
+        "waste_pct": round(total_waste / opening_stock * 100, 1),
+        "avg_daily_profit": round(total_profit / product.shelf_life_days, 2),
+        "daily_log": daily_log,
+    }
+
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 8. SMS FORMATTER  (African Market Feature)
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def format_sms(result: dict, currency: str = "UGX") -> str:
+    """
+    Format pricing recommendation as an SMS under 160 characters.
+
+    DESIGN PRINCIPLE:
+        Vendors in low-bandwidth markets use feature phones.
+        160 chars = one SMS = one price recommendation.
+        No app needed. No smartphone needed. No internet needed.
+    """
+    sku = result["sku"][:6].upper()
+    price = int(result["suggested_price"])
+    label = result.get("freshness_label", "OK")
+    days = result.get("days_left", "?")
+    margin = result.get("margin_pct", 0)
+
+    msg = (
+        f"PRICE:{sku} {currency}{price} [{label}] "
+        f"{days}d left. Margin:{margin}%. "
+        f"Reply HELP for options."
+    )
+
+    # Truncate to 160 if needed (shouldn't happen with this template)
+    return msg[:160]
+
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 9. REPORT GENERATOR
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def print_comparison_report(product: Product, competitor_prices: list[float]):
+    """Run all 3 strategies and print a clean comparison table."""
+    print("\n" + "="*60)
+    print(f"  7-DAY SIMULATION REPORT: {product.sku}")
+    print("="*60)
+    print(f"  Cost/unit: {product.cost} | Shelf life: {product.shelf_life_days}d")
+    print(f"  Ref price: {product.p_ref} | Competitors: {competitor_prices}")
+    print("-"*60)
+
+    strategies = ["engine", "cost_plus", "cheapest"]
+    results = {}
+
+    for strat in strategies:
+        r = simulate_7_days(product, competitor_prices, strat)
+        results[strat] = r
+
+    # Header
+    print(f"{'Strategy':<18} {'Profit':>10} {'Units':>8} {'Waste%':>8} {'Avg/Day':>10}")
+    print("-"*60)
+
+    for strat, r in results.items():
+        label = {
+            "engine": "Dynamic Engine",
+            "cost_plus": "Cost+30% (Naive)",
+            "cheapest": "Match Cheapest",
+        }[strat]
+        print(
+            f"{label:<18} "
+            f"{r['total_profit']:>10.2f} "
+            f"{r['total_units_sold']:>8.1f} "
+            f"{r['waste_pct']:>7.1f}% "
+            f"{r['avg_daily_profit']:>10.2f}"
+        )
+
+    # Lift calculation
+    engine_profit = results["engine"]["total_profit"]
+    baseline_profit = results["cost_plus"]["total_profit"]
+    if baseline_profit > 0:
+        lift = (engine_profit - baseline_profit) / baseline_profit * 100
+        print(f"\n  ✅ Engine vs Naive: {lift:+.1f}% profit improvement")
+        print(f"  ✅ Waste reduction: "
+              f"{results['cost_plus']['waste_pct'] - results['engine']['waste_pct']:.1f}% less waste")
+
+    print("="*60)
+
+    # Sample SMS output
+    print("\n  📱 SAMPLE SMS OUTPUT (Day 3):")
+    day3_result = suggest_price(product, 3.0, competitor_prices)
+    sms = format_sms(day3_result)
+    print(f"  [{len(sms)} chars] {sms}")
+    print("="*60)
+
+    return results
+
+
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+# 10. CLI INTERFACE
+# ─────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Perishable Goods Dynamic Pricing Engine — AIMS KTT Hackathon"
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--sku", default="TOMATO", help="Product SKU")
+    parser.add_argument("--cost", type=float, default=1000, help="Cost per unit (local currency)")
+    parser.add_argument("--shelf-life", type=int, default=7, help="Shelf life in days")
+    parser.add_argument("--ref-price", type=float, default=1800, help="Reference (full) price")
+    parser.add_argument("--q0", type=float, default=50, help="Base daily demand at ref price")
+    parser.add_argument("--alpha", type=float, default=1.5, help="Price sensitivity (demand model)")
+    parser.add_argument("--age", type=float, default=0, help="Current age in days (for single query)")
+    parser.add_argument("--competitors", type=float, nargs="*", default=[1600, 1700, 1900],
+                        help="Competitor prices (space-separated)")
+    parser.add_argument("--simulate", action="store_true", help="Run 7-day simulation")
+    parser.add_argument("--currency", default="UGX", help="Currency label for SMS output")
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    product = Product(
+        sku=args.sku,
+        cost=args.cost,
+        shelf_life_days=args.shelf_life,
+        p_ref=args.ref_price,
+        Q0=args.q0,
+        alpha=args.alpha,
+    )
+
+    if args.simulate:
+        print_comparison_report(product, args.competitors)
+    else:
+        result = suggest_price(product, args.age, args.competitors)
+        print("\n📦 PRICING RECOMMENDATION")
+        print("-" * 40)
+        for k, v in result.items():
+            print(f"  {k:<25}: {v}")
+        print("\n📱 SMS FORMAT:")
+        print(f"  {format_sms(result, args.currency)}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()