IRPact_modellierung.decision

Class UtilityFunction

java.lang.Object

IRPact_modellierung.decision.UtilityFunction

Direct Known Subclasses:

LinearPreferenceOrientedUtilityFunction, LinearUtilityFunction

public abstract class UtilityFunction
extends java.lang.Object

An abstraction of a utility function to calculate the (partial) utility of a product attribute for a consumer agent at a given time. Is used in utilitarian decision processes in order to allow more flexible modeling

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
UtilityFunction()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract double	calculatePartialUtility(ConsumerAgent correspondingAgent, ProductAttribute correspondingProductAttribute, double systemTime) Method to calculate the partial utility of correspondingProductAttribute for correspondingAgent at systemTime

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UtilityFunction

public UtilityFunction()

Method Detail

calculatePartialUtility

public abstract double calculatePartialUtility(ConsumerAgent correspondingAgent,
                                               ProductAttribute correspondingProductAttribute,
                                               double systemTime)

Method to calculate the partial utility of correspondingProductAttribute for correspondingAgent at systemTime

Parameters:

correspondingAgent - The ConsumerAgent for which the utility is calculated

correspondingProductAttribute - The ProductAttribute which utility is calculated

systemTime - The system time of the calculation of the product attribute

Returns:

the partial utility of correspondingProductAttribute for correspondingAgent at systemTime