IRPact_modellierung.messaging

Class ConsumerConsumerPreferenceManipulationMessage

java.lang.Object

IRPact_modellierung.messaging.Message

IRPact_modellierung.messaging.ConsumerConsumerPreferenceManipulationMessage

public class ConsumerConsumerPreferenceManipulationMessage
extends Message

A ConsumerConsumerPreferenceManipulationMessage is a Message from a consumer agent to another that changes the preference of the receiving consumer by the difference of their preferences, weighted by the strength of the connection (edge weight) and a homogenization factor.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class IRPact_modellierung.messaging.Message

receiver, sender

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConsumerConsumerPreferenceManipulationMessage(ConsumerAgent sender, ConsumerAgent receiver, Preference senderPreference, double preferenceHomogenizationFactor, double edgeWeight)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	getEdgeWeight()
double	getPreferenceHomogenizationFactor()
Preference	getSenderPreference()
void	processMessage(double systemTime) Processing this message causes the receiver to increase (or decrease) their preference for the respective preference by the difference between the senders' and receivers' preference value, modified by the strength of their connection at sending (edgeWeight) and the preferenceHomogenizationFactor

Methods inherited from class IRPact_modellierung.messaging.Message

getReceiver, getSender

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConsumerConsumerPreferenceManipulationMessage

public ConsumerConsumerPreferenceManipulationMessage(ConsumerAgent sender,
                                                     ConsumerAgent receiver,
                                                     Preference senderPreference,
                                                     double preferenceHomogenizationFactor,
                                                     double edgeWeight)

Method Detail

getSenderPreference

public Preference getSenderPreference()

getEdgeWeight

public double getEdgeWeight()

getPreferenceHomogenizationFactor

public double getPreferenceHomogenizationFactor()

processMessage

public void processMessage(double systemTime)

Processing this message causes the receiver to increase (or decrease) their preference for the respective preference by the difference between the senders' and receivers' preference value, modified by the strength of their connection at sending (edgeWeight) and the preferenceHomogenizationFactor

Specified by:

processMessage in class Message

Parameters:

systemTime - The time at which the message is processed / evaluated