def calcProbOfVFromW(self, V, W):
        """
        Given a order vector V and an order vector W, calculate the probability that we generate
        V as our next sample if our current sample was W.

        :ivar list<int> V: Contains integer representations of each candidate in order of their
            ranking in a vote, from first to last.
        :ivar list<int> W: Contains integer representations of each candidate in order of their
            ranking in a vote, from first to last.
        """

        weights = range(0, len(V))
        i = 0
        for alt in W:
            weights[alt-1] = self.phi ** i
            i = i + 1
        
        # Calculate the probability that we draw V[0], V[1], and so on from W.
        prob = 1.0
        totalWeight = sum(weights)
        for alt in V:
            prob = prob * weights[alt-1]/totalWeight
            totalWeight = totalWeight - weights[alt-1]
    
        return prob
Given a order vector V and an order vector W, calculate the probability that we generate
        V as our next sample if our current sample was W.

        :ivar list<int> V: Contains integer representations of each candidate in order of their
            ranking in a vote, from first to last.
        :ivar list<int> W: Contains integer representations of each candidate in order of their
            ranking in a vote, from first to last.