org.powertac.evcustomer.customers

Class EvSocialClass

java.lang.Object

org.powertac.customer.AbstractCustomer

org.powertac.evcustomer.customers.EvSocialClass

@ConfigurableInstance
public class EvSocialClass
extends AbstractCustomer

Instances represent identifiable "classes" of EV customers. Each EvSocialClass aggregates a collection if EvCustomer instances, as determined by configuration. However, this class and not the EvCustomer class implements the AbstractCustomer interface, which means that each instance of EvSocialClass is specified in the configuration. This scheme allows dynamic configuration of the EvCustomer instances, each of which has a specific gender, social group, and car type, and the probabilities and other attributes of the various activities are a function of social class, as specified in the configuration. The configuration setup uses a set of tables: social class, social group, activity, and car type. Join tables add attributes between classes and groups, between classes and car types, and between groups and activities (for example, we expect the wealthier classes to be more likely to own a Tesla-80, and full-time workers are more likely to commute regularly). Because of the dynamic configuration, it is necessary to preserve the configuration between a boot session and a sim session. This is done by recording the attributes of individual customers created by the initial configuration at the start of a boot session, recording those attributes in the boot record, and re-loading the configuration from the boot record at the start of a sim session. In other words, the dynamic configuration happens only at the start of a boot session.

Author:

Konstantina Valogianni, Govert Buijs, John Collins

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.powertac.customer.AbstractCustomer

allCustomerInfos, customerInfos, name, rs1, service

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EvSocialClass() Default constructor, requires manual setting of name
EvSocialClass(String name)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	evaluateTariffs(List<Tariff> tariffs) This is the basic evaluation function, taking into consideration the minimum cost without shifting the appliances' load but the tariff chosen is picked up randomly by using a possibility pattern.
void	initialize() Hooks up data structures, creates EvCustomers and corresponding CustomerInfo instances.
void	saveBootstrapState() Saves state of EvCustomer instances
void	step() Called to run the model forward one step.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.powertac.customer.AbstractCustomer

addCustomerInfo, changeSubscription, getCurrentSubscriptions, getCurrentSubscriptions, getCustId, getCustomerInfo, getCustomerInfoList, getCustomerInfos, getId, getName, getPopulation, lastSunday, nextStartOfDay, setName, setServiceAccessor, setTariffMarket, startOfDay

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EvSocialClass

public EvSocialClass()

Default constructor, requires manual setting of name

EvSocialClass

public EvSocialClass(String name)

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize()

Hooks up data structures, creates EvCustomers and corresponding CustomerInfo instances.

Overrides:

initialize in class AbstractCustomer

saveBootstrapState

public void saveBootstrapState()

Saves state of EvCustomer instances

Overrides:

saveBootstrapState in class AbstractCustomer

evaluateTariffs

public void evaluateTariffs(List<Tariff> tariffs)

This is the basic evaluation function, taking into consideration the minimum cost without shifting the appliances' load but the tariff chosen is picked up randomly by using a possibility pattern. The better tariffs have more chances to be chosen.

Specified by:

evaluateTariffs in class AbstractCustomer

step

public void step()

Description copied from class: AbstractCustomer

Called to run the model forward one step.

Specified by:

step in class AbstractCustomer

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class AbstractCustomer