org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances
Class WashingMachine

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

public class WashingMachine
extends Appliance

Washing Machine is used to wash clothes easily. There are several programs that help you automate the procedure in order to start at a less costly time, without problem. The only restriction is that must be emptied by the tenants after finishing and not work at night due to noise. So this is a semi-shifting appliance.

Version:

1.5, Date: 2.25.12

Author:

Antonios Chrysopoulos

Field Summary

protected boolean	dryerFlag This variable is utilized to show if there's a dryer in the household or not.
protected int	dryerIndex This variable is utilized to find dryer in the household.
protected int	dryerPower This variable is utilized to show the dryer's power load.

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

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

Constructor Summary

WashingMachine()

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
boolean	getDryerFlag()
int	getDryerIndex()
int	getDryerOverallPower()
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) The function reaction of the washing machine.
void	refresh() At the end of each week the appliance models refresh their schedule.
void	showStatus() This is the function utilized to show the information regarding the appliance in question, its variables values etc.

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

dryerFlag

protected boolean dryerFlag

This variable is utilized to show if there's a dryer in the household or not.

dryerPower

protected int dryerPower

This variable is utilized to show the dryer's power load.

dryerIndex

protected int dryerIndex

This variable is utilized to find dryer in the household.

Constructor Detail

WashingMachine

public WashingMachine()

Method Detail

initialize

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

The function reaction of the washing machine. For more info, read the details in the enumerations.Reaction java file

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:

getDryerFlag

public boolean getDryerFlag()

getDryerIndex

public int getDryerIndex()

showStatus

public void showStatus()

Description copied from class: Appliance

This is the function utilized to show the information regarding the appliance in question, its variables values etc.

Overrides:

showStatus in class Appliance

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

getDryerOverallPower

public int getDryerOverallPower()

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