uk.ac.liv.auction.agent
Class RandomConstrainedStrategy

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

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

public class RandomConstrainedStrategy

extends FixedQuantityStrategyImpl

implements java.io.Serializable

A trading strategy that in which we bid a different random markup on our agent's private value in each auction round. This strategy is often referred to as Zero Intelligence Constrained (ZI-C) in the literature.

Parameters

base.maxmarkup double >= 0

(the maximum markup to bid for)

Version:

$Revision: 1.30 $

Author:

Steve Phelps

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

static double	DEFAULT_MARKUP
protected cern.jet.random.AbstractContinousDistribution	markupDistribution
protected double	maxMarkup
static java.lang.String	P_MAX_MARKUP

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

agent, auction, currentShout

Constructor Summary

RandomConstrainedStrategy()

RandomConstrainedStrategy(AbstractTradingAgent agent, double maxMarkup)

Method Summary

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

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, modifyShout, protoClone, reset, setAgent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

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

modifyShout, setAgent

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

protoClone

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

reset

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

eventOccurred

Field Detail

maxMarkup

protected double maxMarkup

markupDistribution

protected cern.jet.random.AbstractContinousDistribution markupDistribution

P_MAX_MARKUP

public static final java.lang.String P_MAX_MARKUP

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Constant Field Values

DEFAULT_MARKUP

public static final double DEFAULT_MARKUP

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RandomConstrainedStrategy

public RandomConstrainedStrategy()

RandomConstrainedStrategy

public RandomConstrainedStrategy(AbstractTradingAgent agent,
                                 double maxMarkup)

Method Detail

initialise

public void initialise()

Overrides:

initialise 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

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

getMaxMarkup

public double getMaxMarkup()

setMaxMarkup

public void setMaxMarkup(double maxMarkup)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()