org.powertac.common.interfaces
Interface CustomerModelAccessor

public interface CustomerModelAccessor

Defines an interface for access to customer model details that support tariff evaluation. This includes generation of per-tariff customer usage/production profiles. Required by TariffEvaluationHelper. Profiles can be for a full day, a full week, or whatever time period makes sense for the customer. Usage may be for a single individual customer or for the entire population. Results are normalized by the tariff evaluation process, so the only requirement is that all profiles for a given customer use the same time period (and the same weather), and the same population.

Author:

John Collins

Method Summary

double	getBrokerSwitchFactor(boolean isSuperseding) Returns the inconvenience of switching brokers.
double[]	getCapacityProfile(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff) Returns a capacity profile for the given tariff.
org.powertac.common.CustomerInfo	getCustomerInfo() Returns the CustomerInfo instance for this customer model.
double	getInertiaSample() Returns a [0,1] random value used to choose whether individual customers evaluate tariffs or not.
double	getTariffChoiceSample() Returns a [0,1] random value used to make choices using the logit choice model.

Method Detail

getCustomerInfo

org.powertac.common.CustomerInfo getCustomerInfo()

Returns the CustomerInfo instance for this customer model.

getCapacityProfile

double[] getCapacityProfile(org.powertac.common.Tariff tariff)

Returns a capacity profile for the given tariff. This must represent the usage of a single individual in a population model over some model-specific time period.

getBrokerSwitchFactor

double getBrokerSwitchFactor(boolean isSuperseding)

Returns the inconvenience of switching brokers. The value may depend on whether the current subscription is being switched to a superseding tariff as a result of revocation.

getTariffChoiceSample

double getTariffChoiceSample()

Returns a [0,1] random value used to make choices using the logit choice model.

getInertiaSample

double getInertiaSample()

Returns a [0,1] random value used to choose whether individual customers evaluate tariffs or not.