org.powertac.distributionutility
Class DistributionUtilityService

java.lang.Object
  org.powertac.common.interfaces.TimeslotPhaseProcessor
      org.powertac.distributionutility.DistributionUtilityService

@Service
public class DistributionUtilityService
extends org.powertac.common.interfaces.TimeslotPhaseProcessor

Nested Class Summary

class

DistributionUtilityService.ChargeInfo

Constructor Summary

DistributionUtilityService()

Method Summary

void	activate(org.joda.time.Instant time, int phaseNumber)
List<DistributionUtilityService.ChargeInfo>	balanceTimeslot(org.powertac.common.Timeslot currentTimeslot, List<org.powertac.common.Broker> brokerList) Generates a list of Transactions that balance the overall market.
double	getMarketBalance(org.powertac.common.Broker broker) Returns the difference between a broker's current market position and its net load.
double	getPMax() Returns the maximum price for energy in the current timeslot
double	getPMin() Returns the minimum price for energy in the current timeslot
double	getSpotPrice() Returns the spot market price - the clearing price for the current timeslot in the most recent trading period.
void	init(org.powertac.common.PluginConfig config) Computes actual distribution and balancing costs by random selection

Methods inherited from class org.powertac.common.interfaces.TimeslotPhaseProcessor

init, setTimeslotPhase

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DistributionUtilityService

public DistributionUtilityService()

Method Detail

init

public void init(org.powertac.common.PluginConfig config)

Computes actual distribution and balancing costs by random selection

activate

public void activate(org.joda.time.Instant time,
                     int phaseNumber)

Specified by:

activate in class org.powertac.common.interfaces.TimeslotPhaseProcessor

getMarketBalance

public double getMarketBalance(org.powertac.common.Broker broker)

Returns the difference between a broker's current market position and its net load. Note: market position is computed in MWh and net load is computed in kWh, conversion is needed to compute the difference.

Returns:

a broker's current energy balance within its market. Pos for over-production, neg for under-production

getSpotPrice

public double getSpotPrice()

Returns the spot market price - the clearing price for the current timeslot in the most recent trading period.

getPMax

public double getPMax()

Returns the maximum price for energy in the current timeslot

getPMin

public double getPMin()

Returns the minimum price for energy in the current timeslot

balanceTimeslot

public List<DistributionUtilityService.ChargeInfo> balanceTimeslot(org.powertac.common.Timeslot currentTimeslot,
                                                                   List<org.powertac.common.Broker> brokerList)

Generates a list of Transactions that balance the overall market. Transactions are generated on a per-broker basis depending on the broker's balance within its own market.

Returns:

List of MarketTransactions