uk.ac.liv.auction.core
Class KAuctioneer

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.liv.auction.core.AbstractAuctioneer
      uk.ac.liv.auction.core.KAuctioneer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Auctioneer, java.lang.Cloneable, Parameterizable, ParameterizablePricing, Prototypeable, QuoteProvider, Resetable, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AscendingAuctioneer, KContinuousDoubleAuctioneer, KDoubleAuctioneer

public abstract class KAuctioneer

extends AbstractAuctioneer

implements java.io.Serializable, ParameterizablePricing, Parameterizable

Abstract superclass for auctioneers who set transaction-price according to the parameter k.

Parameters

base.pricing class inherits uk.ac.liv.auction.KPricingPolicy	(the pricing policy to use)

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

Steve Phelps

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected MarketQuote	clearingQuote
static java.lang.String	P_PRICING
protected KPricingPolicy	pricingPolicy

Fields inherited from class uk.ac.liv.auction.core.AbstractAuctioneer

auction, currentQuote, shoutEngine

Constructor Summary

KAuctioneer()

KAuctioneer(Auction auction, KPricingPolicy pricingPolicy)

KAuctioneer(KPricingPolicy pricingPolicy)

Method Summary

protected double	askQuote()
protected double	bidQuote()
void	clear() Perform the clearing operation for the auction; match buyers with sellers and inform the auction of any deals.
double	determineClearingPrice(Shout bid, Shout ask)
double	getK()
void	setK(double k)
void	setPricingPolicy(KPricingPolicy pricingPolicy)
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.core.AbstractAuctioneer

askIterator, bidIterator, endOfDayProcessing, generateQuote, getAuction, getQuote, initialise, newAsk, newBid, newShout, printState, protoClone, removeShout, reset, setAuction

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.auction.core.Auctioneer

endOfAuctionProcessing, endOfRoundProcessing, shoutsVisible

Field Detail

clearingQuote

protected MarketQuote clearingQuote

pricingPolicy

protected KPricingPolicy pricingPolicy

P_PRICING

public static final java.lang.String P_PRICING

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

KAuctioneer

public KAuctioneer(Auction auction,
                   KPricingPolicy pricingPolicy)

KAuctioneer

public KAuctioneer(KPricingPolicy pricingPolicy)

KAuctioneer

public KAuctioneer()

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

setK

public void setK(double k)

Specified by:

setK in interface ParameterizablePricing

getK

public double getK()

Specified by:

getK in interface ParameterizablePricing

setPricingPolicy

public void setPricingPolicy(KPricingPolicy pricingPolicy)

clear

public void clear()

Description copied from interface: Auctioneer

Perform the clearing operation for the auction; match buyers with sellers and inform the auction of any deals.

Specified by:

clear in interface Auctioneer

determineClearingPrice

public double determineClearingPrice(Shout bid,
                                     Shout ask)

bidQuote

protected double bidQuote()

askQuote

protected double askQuote()