uk.ac.liv.auction.core
Class KPricingPolicy

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.liv.auction.core.KPricingPolicy

All Implemented Interfaces:

Parameterizable, PricingPolicy, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

DiscriminatoryPricingPolicy, UniformPricingPolicy

public abstract class KPricingPolicy

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable, PricingPolicy, Parameterizable

Abstract superclass for auctioneer pricing policies parameterised by k.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

Steve Phelps

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected double	k
static java.lang.String	P_K

Constructor Summary

KPricingPolicy()

KPricingPolicy(double k)

Method Summary

double	getK()
double	kInterval(double a, double b)
void	setK(double k)
void	setup(ec.util.ParameterDatabase parameters, ec.util.Parameter base) Initialise this object from a parameter database.

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.PricingPolicy

determineClearingPrice

Field Detail

k

protected double k

P_K

public static final java.lang.String P_K

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

KPricingPolicy

public KPricingPolicy()

KPricingPolicy

public KPricingPolicy(double k)

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)

getK

public double getK()

kInterval

public double kInterval(double a,
                        double b)