org.powertac.officecomplexcustomer.appliances
Class MicrowaveOven

java.lang.Object
  org.powertac.officecomplexcustomer.appliances.Appliance
      org.powertac.officecomplexcustomer.appliances.MicrowaveOven

public class MicrowaveOven
extends Appliance

MicrowaveOven 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.officecomplexcustomer.appliances.Appliance

applianceOf, cycleDuration, log, name, power, saturation

Constructor Summary

MicrowaveOven()

Method Summary

long[]	dailyShifting(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff, org.joda.time.Instant now, int day, Random gen) 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, Random gen) This function fills out all the quarters of the appliance functions for a single day of the week.
void	initialize(String office, Properties conf, Random gen) This is the initialization function.
void	refresh(Random gen) At the end of each week the appliance models refresh their schedule.

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

createWeeklyPossibilityOperationVector, fillWeeklyOperation, getApplianceOf, getDuration, getPower, getSaturation, getWeeklyLoadVector, getWeeklyOperation, setApplianceOf, setOperationDays, showStatus, toString, weatherDailyFunction

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MicrowaveOven

public MicrowaveOven()

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(String office,
                       Properties conf,
                       Random gen)

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,
                               Random gen)

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 long[] dailyShifting(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff,
                            org.joda.time.Instant now,
                            int day,
                            Random gen)

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:

refresh

public void refresh(Random gen)

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