org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances
Class Stove

java.lang.Object
  org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Appliance
      org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Stove

public class Stove
extends Appliance

Stove is the kitchen utility we use for cooking. It is use at least twice a day depending on the number of tenants. The tenants should be present when functioning so this is a not shifting appliance.

Version:

1.5, Date: 2.25.12

Author:

Antonios Chrysopoulos

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Appliance

applianceOf, cycleDuration, log, name, overallPower, power, randomSeedRepo, saturation

Constructor Summary

Stove()

Method Summary

void	calculateOverallPower() This is an function created to estimate the overall power consumption of a certain appliance in a single operation the vectors of each appliance during the runtime.
double[]	dailyShifting(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff, double[] nonDominantUsage, org.powertac.common.TariffEvaluationHelper tariffEvalHelper, int day) This is a complex function that changes the appliance's function in order to have the most cost effective operation load in a day schedule.
void	fillDailyOperation(int weekday) This function fills out all the quarters of the appliance functions for a single day of the week.
void	fillWeeklyOperation() This function fills out all the days of the appliance functions for each day of the week.
Vector<Integer>	getDays() This function returns days vector of the appliance
int	getTimesForDay(int day) This function returns the times of operation for a certain day of the appliance
void	initialize(String household, Properties conf, int seed) This is the initialization function.
void	refresh() At the end of each week the appliance models refresh their schedule.

Methods inherited from class org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Appliance

createWeeklyPossibilityOperationVector, getApplianceOf, getDuration, getOperationDaysVector, getOverallPower, getPower, getSaturation, getTimes, getWeeklyLoadVector, getWeeklyOperation, setApplianceOf, setOperationDays, showStatus, toString, weatherDailyOperation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Stove

public Stove()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(String household,
                       Properties conf,
                       int seed)

Description copied from class: Appliance

This is the initialization function. It uses the variable values for the configuration file to create the appliance as it should for this type.

Overrides:

initialize in class Appliance

fillDailyOperation

public void fillDailyOperation(int weekday)

Description copied from class: Appliance

This function fills out all the quarters of the appliance functions for a single day of the week.

Overrides:

fillDailyOperation in class Appliance

dailyShifting

public double[] dailyShifting(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff,
                              double[] nonDominantUsage,
                              org.powertac.common.TariffEvaluationHelper tariffEvalHelper,
                              int day)

Description copied from class: Appliance

This is a complex function that changes the appliance's function in order to have the most cost effective operation load in a day schedule.

Overrides:

dailyShifting in class Appliance

Returns:

calculateOverallPower

public void calculateOverallPower()

Description copied from class: Appliance

This is an function created to estimate the overall power consumption of a certain appliance in a single operation the vectors of each appliance during the runtime.

Overrides:

calculateOverallPower in class Appliance

refresh

public void refresh()

Description copied from class: Appliance

At the end of each week the appliance models refresh their schedule. This way we have a realistic and dynamic model, changing function hours, consuming power and so on.

Overrides:

refresh in class Appliance

getDays

public Vector<Integer> getDays()

This function returns days vector of the appliance

getTimesForDay

public int getTimesForDay(int day)

This function returns the times of operation for a certain day of the appliance

fillWeeklyOperation

public void fillWeeklyOperation()

Description copied from class: Appliance

This function fills out all the days of the appliance functions for each day of the week.

Overrides:

fillWeeklyOperation in class Appliance