org.powertac.officecomplexcustomer.appliances

Class Appliance

java.lang.Object

org.powertac.officecomplexcustomer.appliances.Appliance

Direct Known Subclasses:

CopyMachine, FullyShiftingAppliance, MicrowaveOven, NotShiftingAppliance, WeatherSensitiveAppliance

public class Appliance
extends Object

A appliance domain instance represents a single appliance inside a household. There are different kinds of appliances utilized by the persons inhabiting the premises. Some of them are functioning automatically, some are only used when someone is present etc.

Version:

1.5, Date: 2.25.12

Author:

Antonios Chrysopoulos

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Office	applianceOf The household that the appliance is installed at.
protected int	cycleDuration This variable equals the duration of the operation cycle of the appliance.
protected static org.apache.log4j.Logger	log logger for trace logging -- use log.info(), log.warn(), and log.error() appropriately.
protected String	name The appliance name.
protected int	overallPower
protected int	power This variable shows the power (in Watts) that are consumed when using this appliance.
protected org.powertac.common.repo.RandomSeedRepo	randomSeedRepo
protected double	saturation This variable shows the possibility (%) that this appliance is contained in a house.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Appliance()

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.
void	createWeeklyPossibilityOperationVector() This function is used to create the weekly possibility operation vector of each appliance taking into consideration the times that this appliance could be able to function.
double[]	dailyShifting(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff, double[] nonDominantLoad, 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 times) 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.
Office	getApplianceOf() This function returns the household where the appliance is installed.
int	getDuration() This function returns the duration variable of the appliance.
Vector<Boolean>	getOperationDaysVector() This function returns the operation days vector of the appliance.
int	getOverallPower() This function returns the power variable of the appliance.
int	getPower() This function returns the power variable of the appliance.
double	getSaturation() This function returns the saturation variable of the appliance.
Vector<Vector<Integer>>	getWeeklyLoadVector() This function returns the weekly load vector of the appliance.
Vector<Vector<Boolean>>	getWeeklyOperation() This function returns the weekly operation vector of the appliance.
void	initialize(String office, Properties conf, int seed) This is the initialization function.
void	refresh() At the end of each week the appliance models refresh their schedule.
void	setApplianceOf(Office office) This function sets the household in which the appliance is installed in.
void	setOperationDays() This is an function to fill the maps utilized by Services in order to keep the vectors of each appliance during the runtime.
void	showStatus() This is the function utilized to show the information regarding the appliance in question, its variables values etc.
String	toString()
void	weatherDailyFunction(int day, int hour, double temp) This function fills out the daily function of an appliance for the day.

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.

randomSeedRepo

@Autowired
protected org.powertac.common.repo.RandomSeedRepo randomSeedRepo

name

protected String name

The appliance name. Appliances are named after the type of appliance and the household that contains it.

applianceOf

protected Office applianceOf

The household that the appliance is installed at.

saturation

protected double saturation

This variable shows the possibility (%) that this appliance is contained in a house.

power

protected int power

This variable shows the power (in Watts) that are consumed when using this appliance.

overallPower

protected int overallPower

cycleDuration

protected int cycleDuration

This variable equals the duration of the operation cycle of the appliance.

Constructor Detail

Appliance

public Appliance()

Method Detail

getPower

public int getPower()

This function returns the power variable of the appliance.

getOverallPower

public int getOverallPower()

This function returns the power variable of the appliance.

getApplianceOf

public Office getApplianceOf()

This function returns the household where the appliance is installed.

getSaturation

public double getSaturation()

This function returns the saturation variable of the appliance.

getDuration

public int getDuration()

This function returns the duration variable of the appliance.

getWeeklyOperation

public Vector<Vector<Boolean>> getWeeklyOperation()

This function returns the weekly operation vector of the appliance.

getWeeklyLoadVector

public Vector<Vector<Integer>> getWeeklyLoadVector()

This function returns the weekly load vector of the appliance.

getOperationDaysVector

public Vector<Boolean> getOperationDaysVector()

This function returns the operation days vector of the appliance.

setApplianceOf

public void setApplianceOf(Office office)

This function sets the household in which the appliance is installed in.

createWeeklyPossibilityOperationVector

public void createWeeklyPossibilityOperationVector()

This function is used to create the weekly possibility operation vector of each appliance taking into consideration the times that this appliance could be able to function.

initialize

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

This is the initialization function. It uses the variable values for the configuration file to create the appliance as it should for this type.

Parameters:

household -

conf -

gen -

dailyShifting

public double[] dailyShifting(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff,
                     double[] nonDominantLoad,
                     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.

Parameters:

gen -

tariff -

now -

day -

start -

Returns:

fillDailyOperation

public void fillDailyOperation(int times)

This function fills out all the quarters of the appliance functions for a single day of the week.

Parameters:

gen -

fillWeeklyOperation

public void fillWeeklyOperation()

This function fills out all the days of the appliance functions for each day of the week.

Parameters:

gen -

showStatus

public void showStatus()

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

weatherDailyFunction

public void weatherDailyFunction(int day,
                        int hour,
                        double temp)

This function fills out the daily function of an appliance for the day.

refresh

public void refresh()

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.

Parameters:

conf -

gen -

setOperationDays

public void setOperationDays()

This is an function to fill the maps utilized by Services in order to keep the vectors of each appliance during the runtime.

calculateOverallPower

public 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.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object