org.powertac.householdcustomer.customers

Class Household

java.lang.Object

org.powertac.householdcustomer.customers.Household

public class Household
extends Object

The household is the domain instance represents a single house with the tenants living inside it and fully equipped with appliances statistically distributed. There are different kinds of appliances utilized by the persons inhabiting the premises and each person living has it's own schedule.

Version:

1.5, Date: 2.25.12

Author:

Antonios Chrysopoulos

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
Village	householdOf This variable is pointing to the village that this household is part of.
protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger	log logger for trace logging -- use log.info(), log.warn(), and log.error() appropriately.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Household()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	findDominantAppliance() This function returns the dominant appliance of the household.
Vector<Appliance>	getAppliances() This is a function that returns the appliances of the household.
Appliance	getDominantAppliance() This function returns the dominant appliance of the household.
double	getDominantConsumption(int hour) This is a function returning the dominant Consumption Load for a certain hour.
Vector<Person>	getMembers() This is a function that returns the members of the household.
double	getNonDominantConsumption(int hour) This is a function returning the non dominant Consumption Load for a certain hour.
int	getWeek() This is a function that returns the week of refresh.
void	initialize(String HouseName, Properties conf, Vector<Integer> publicVacationVector, int seed) This is the initialization function.
boolean	isEmpty(int weekday, int quarter) This function checks if all the inhabitants of the household are out of the household.
boolean	isOnVacation(int day) This function checks if all the inhabitants of the household are away on vacation on a certain day
int	tenantsNumber(int weekday, int quarter) This function checks the number of tenants in the house in a specific quarter, either sick or normal.
String	toString()
void	weatherCheck(int day, int hour, org.joda.time.Instant now, double temperature) This function is checking the current weather conditions and the existence of weather sensitive appliances and if the temperature is over/under a certain threshold, the appliances begin or stop their operation.

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.

householdOf

public Village householdOf

This variable is pointing to the village that this household is part of.

Constructor Detail

Household

public Household()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(String HouseName,
              Properties conf,
              Vector<Integer> publicVacationVector,
              int seed)

This is the initialization function. It uses the variable values for the configuration file to create the household and then fill it with persons and appliances as it seems fit.

Parameters:

HouseName -

conf -

publicVacationVector -

gen -

getWeek

public int getWeek()

This is a function that returns the week of refresh.

getAppliances

public Vector<Appliance> getAppliances()

This is a function that returns the appliances of the household.

getMembers

public Vector<Person> getMembers()

This is a function that returns the members of the household.

getDominantConsumption

public double getDominantConsumption(int hour)

This is a function returning the dominant Consumption Load for a certain hour.

getNonDominantConsumption

public double getNonDominantConsumption(int hour)

This is a function returning the non dominant Consumption Load for a certain hour.

findDominantAppliance

public void findDominantAppliance()

This function returns the dominant appliance of the household.

getDominantAppliance

public Appliance getDominantAppliance()

This function returns the dominant appliance of the household.

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty(int weekday,
              int quarter)

This function checks if all the inhabitants of the household are out of the household.

Parameters:

weekday -

quarter -

Returns:

tenantsNumber

public int tenantsNumber(int weekday,
                int quarter)

This function checks the number of tenants in the house in a specific quarter, either sick or normal.

Parameters:

weekday -

quarter -

Returns:

isOnVacation

public boolean isOnVacation(int day)

This function checks if all the inhabitants of the household are away on vacation on a certain day

Parameters:

quarter -

Returns:

weatherCheck

public void weatherCheck(int day,
                int hour,
                org.joda.time.Instant now,
                double temperature)

This function is checking the current weather conditions and the existence of weather sensitive appliances and if the temperature is over/under a certain threshold, the appliances begin or stop their operation. TODO - JEC - this code should be in the individual appliances.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object