uk.ac.liv.auction.agent
Class EquilibriumPriceStrategy

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.liv.auction.agent.AbstractStrategy
      uk.ac.liv.auction.agent.FixedQuantityStrategyImpl
          uk.ac.liv.auction.agent.EquilibriumPriceStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

AuctionEventListener, java.lang.Cloneable, FixedQuantityStrategy, Parameterizable, Prototypeable, Resetable, java.io.Serializable, Strategy

public class EquilibriumPriceStrategy

extends FixedQuantityStrategyImpl

implements java.io.Serializable, Prototypeable

A strategy which will bid at the true equilibrium price, if profitable, or bid truthfully otherwise. Although this is not a realistic strategy, it can be useful for testing and control experiments.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Steve Phelps

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class uk.ac.liv.auction.agent.AbstractStrategy

agent, auction, currentShout

Constructor Summary

EquilibriumPriceStrategy()

EquilibriumPriceStrategy(AbstractTradingAgent agent, double price, int quantity)

Method Summary

void	endOfRound(Auction auction)
boolean	modifyShout(Shout.MutableShout shout) Modify the price and quantity of the given shout according to this strategy.
java.lang.Object	protoClone()
void	setup(ec.util.ParameterDatabase parameters, ec.util.Parameter base) Initialise this object from a parameter database.

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.liv.auction.agent.FixedQuantityStrategyImpl

determineQuantity, getQuantity, setQuantity

Methods inherited from class uk.ac.liv.auction.agent.AbstractStrategy

eventOccurred, getAgent, initialise, modifyShout, reset, setAgent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface uk.ac.liv.util.Resetable

reset

Methods inherited from interface uk.ac.liv.auction.agent.Strategy

modifyShout, setAgent

Methods inherited from interface uk.ac.liv.auction.core.AuctionEventListener

eventOccurred

Constructor Detail

EquilibriumPriceStrategy

public EquilibriumPriceStrategy(AbstractTradingAgent agent,
                                double price,
                                int quantity)

EquilibriumPriceStrategy

public EquilibriumPriceStrategy()

Method Detail

setup

public void setup(ec.util.ParameterDatabase parameters,
                  ec.util.Parameter base)

Description copied from interface: Parameterizable

Initialise this object from a parameter database.

Specified by:

setup in interface Parameterizable

Overrides:

setup in class FixedQuantityStrategyImpl

protoClone

public java.lang.Object protoClone()

Specified by:

protoClone in interface Prototypeable

Overrides:

protoClone in class AbstractStrategy

modifyShout

public boolean modifyShout(Shout.MutableShout shout)

Description copied from class: AbstractStrategy

Modify the price and quantity of the given shout according to this strategy.

Overrides:

modifyShout in class FixedQuantityStrategyImpl

endOfRound

public void endOfRound(Auction auction)

Specified by:

endOfRound in class AbstractStrategy