org.powertac.householdcustomer.customers
Class Village

java.lang.Object
  org.powertac.common.AbstractCustomer
      org.powertac.householdcustomer.customers.Village

public class Village
extends org.powertac.common.AbstractCustomer

The village domain class is a set of households that comprise a small village that consumes aggregated energy by the appliances installed in each household.

Version:

1.5, Date: 2.25.12

Author:

Antonios Chrysopoulos

Nested Class Summary

class

Village.TariffEvaluationWrapper

Field Summary

protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger	log logger for trace logging -- use log.info(), log.warn(), and log.error() appropriately.
protected org.powertac.common.TariffEvaluationHelper	tariffEvalHelper

Fields inherited from class org.powertac.common.AbstractCustomer

carbonEmissionRate, custId, customerInfos, customerRepo, lowerPowerCap, name, randomSeedRepo, rs1, sunToPowerConversion, tariffMarketService, tariffSubscriptionRepo, tempToPowerConversion, upperPowerCap, windToPowerConversion

Constructor Summary

Village(String name)
This is the constructor function of the Village customer

Method Summary

void	addCustomerInfo(org.powertac.common.CustomerInfo customer)
void	consumePower()
void	evaluateNewTariffs() This is the basic evaluation function, taking into consideration the minimum cost without shifting the appliances' load but the tariff chosen is picked up randomly by using a possibility pattern.
Map<org.powertac.common.CustomerInfo,String>	getHouseMapping() This function returns the inertia Map variable of the village.
Vector<Household>	getHouses() This function returns a vector with all the houses that are present in this village.
Vector<Household>	getHouses(String type) This function returns a vector with all the households of a certain type that are present in this village.
Map<org.powertac.common.CustomerInfo,org.powertac.common.TariffEvaluator>	getTariffEvaluators() This function returns the period Map variable of the village.
void	initialize(Properties conf, int seed, Map<org.powertac.common.CustomerInfo,String> mapping) This is the initialization function.
void	step()
void	subscribeDefault()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.powertac.common.AbstractCustomer

changeSubscription, getCarbonEmissionRate, getCustId, getCustomerInfo, getId, getLowerPowerCap, getName, getPopulation, getSunToPowerConversion, getTempToPowerConversion, getUpperPowerCap, getWindToPowerConversion, producePower, subscribe, unsubscribe

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

log

protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger log

logger for trace logging -- use log.info(), log.warn(), and log.error() appropriately. Use log.debug() for output you want to see in testing or debugging.

tariffEvalHelper

protected final org.powertac.common.TariffEvaluationHelper tariffEvalHelper

Constructor Detail

Village

public Village(String name)

This is the constructor function of the Village customer

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(Properties conf,
                       int seed,
                       Map<org.powertac.common.CustomerInfo,String> mapping)

This is the initialization function. It uses the variable values for the configuration file to create the village with its households and then fill them with persons and appliances.

Parameters:

conf -

gen -

addCustomerInfo

public void addCustomerInfo(org.powertac.common.CustomerInfo customer)

Overrides:

addCustomerInfo in class org.powertac.common.AbstractCustomer

subscribeDefault

public void subscribeDefault()

Overrides:

subscribeDefault in class org.powertac.common.AbstractCustomer

consumePower

public void consumePower()

Overrides:

consumePower in class org.powertac.common.AbstractCustomer

getHouseMapping

public Map<org.powertac.common.CustomerInfo,String> getHouseMapping()

This function returns the inertia Map variable of the village.

getTariffEvaluators

public Map<org.powertac.common.CustomerInfo,org.powertac.common.TariffEvaluator> getTariffEvaluators()

This function returns the period Map variable of the village.

getHouses

public Vector<Household> getHouses()

This function returns a vector with all the houses that are present in this village.

getHouses

public Vector<Household> getHouses(String type)

This function returns a vector with all the households of a certain type that are present in this village.

evaluateNewTariffs

public void evaluateNewTariffs()

This is the basic evaluation function, taking into consideration the minimum cost without shifting the appliances' load but the tariff chosen is picked up randomly by using a possibility pattern. The better tariffs have more chances to be chosen.

step

public void step()

Overrides:

step in class org.powertac.common.AbstractCustomer

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class org.powertac.common.AbstractCustomer