IRPact_modellierung.decision

Class TakeTheBestHeuristicUtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

java.lang.Object

IRPact_modellierung.decision.DecisionMakingProcess

IRPact_modellierung.decision.ConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

IRPact_modellierung.decision.UtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

IRPact_modellierung.decision.TakeTheBestHeuristicUtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

public class TakeTheBestHeuristicUtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess
extends UtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class IRPact_modellierung.decision.UtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

associatedUtilityFunction

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TakeTheBestHeuristicUtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess(UtilityFunction associatedUtilityFunction)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	betterProductAvailable(SimulationContainer simulationContainer, ConsumerAgent consumerAgent, Product productToCompare, java.util.Set<Product> potentialProducts, double systemTime) Method to compare the quality of a product against the quality of a collection of other products, within the same evaluative scheme.
protected double	calculateUtility(SimulationContainer simulationContainer, Product product, ConsumerAgent consumerAgent, double systemTime)
Product	makeProductAdoptionDecision(SimulationContainer simulationContainer, ConsumerAgent consumerAgent, java.util.Set<Product> potentialProducts, double systemTime) Method to describe the process to chose one Product out of a range of alternatives, based on the consumerAgents' status and 'cognitive makeup'.

Methods inherited from class IRPact_modellierung.decision.UtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

getUtilityFunctionUsed

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TakeTheBestHeuristicUtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

public TakeTheBestHeuristicUtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess(UtilityFunction associatedUtilityFunction)

Method Detail

betterProductAvailable

public boolean betterProductAvailable(SimulationContainer simulationContainer,
                                      ConsumerAgent consumerAgent,
                                      Product productToCompare,
                                      java.util.Set<Product> potentialProducts,
                                      double systemTime)
                               throws antlr.SemanticException

Description copied from class: ConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

Method to compare the quality of a product against the quality of a collection of other products, within the same evaluative scheme. If the process is stochastic, it doesn't have to return the same value for the same arguments

Specified by:

betterProductAvailable in class ConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

Parameters:

simulationContainer - The container the simulation takes place in

consumerAgent - The ConsumerAgent making the decision

productToCompare - The product to compare against the other products

potentialProducts - The range of alternatives for the adoption decision to compare productToCompare to

systemTime - The time the decision is taken

Returns:

True when a product in potentialProduct is preferred by the consumerAgent, false when productToCompare is better than any of the alternatives

Throws:

antlr.SemanticException - will be thrown when something occurs that violates the semantics of the process

makeProductAdoptionDecision

public Product makeProductAdoptionDecision(SimulationContainer simulationContainer,
                                           ConsumerAgent consumerAgent,
                                           java.util.Set<Product> potentialProducts,
                                           double systemTime)

Description copied from class: ConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

Method to describe the process to chose one Product out of a range of alternatives, based on the consumerAgents' status and 'cognitive makeup'. Should generally chose the 'best' product (i.e. where betterProductAvailable evaluates to false with the same state), although that is not always the case, as for example in stochastic processes. The product chosen will then be adopted by the ConsumerAgent

Specified by:

makeProductAdoptionDecision in class ConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess

Parameters:

simulationContainer - The container the simulation takes place in

consumerAgent - The ConsumerAgent making the decision

potentialProducts - The range of alternatives for the adoption decision

systemTime - The time the decision is taken

Returns:

The product the ConsumerAgent decides to adopt

calculateUtility

protected double calculateUtility(SimulationContainer simulationContainer,
                                  Product product,
                                  ConsumerAgent consumerAgent,
                                  double systemTime)

Specified by:

calculateUtility in class UtilitarianConsumerAgentAdoptionDecisionProcess