org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances

Class Dishwasher

java.lang.Object

org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Appliance

org.powertac.householdcustomer.appliances.Dishwasher

public class Dishwasher
extends Appliance

Dishwashers are used in order to wash easily the dishes after eating. There are several programs that help you automate the procedure in order to start at a less costly time, without problem, because it doesn't need emptying after utilization. So this is a semi-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

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Dishwasher()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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, org.joda.time.Instant start) 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) The function mode of the dishwasher.
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, toString, weatherDailyOperation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Dishwasher

public Dishwasher()

Method Detail

initialize

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

The function mode of the dishwasher. For more info, read the details in the enumerations.Mode 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,
                     org.joda.time.Instant start)

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