edu.stanford.multiagent.gamer
Class LocationGame

java.lang.Object
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  +--edu.stanford.multiagent.gamer.ParameterizedObject
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        +--edu.stanford.multiagent.gamer.Game
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              +--edu.stanford.multiagent.gamer.LocationGame

public class LocationGame

extends Game

Returns an instance of the two player location game based on Hotelling's original model.

Field Summary

protected static Parameters.ParamInfo[]	lgParams
protected static Parameters.ParamInfo	pADist
protected static Parameters.ParamInfo	pBDist
protected static Parameters.ParamInfo	pCost
protected static Parameters.ParamInfo	pLDist
protected static Parameters.ParamInfo	pLowAct

Fields inherited from class edu.stanford.multiagent.gamer.Game

actions, DEFAULT_HIGH, DEFAULT_LOW, intMult, intPayoffs, players, pMaxPayoff, pMinPayoff, pNormalize, symActions

Fields inherited from class edu.stanford.multiagent.gamer.ParameterizedObject

parameters

Constructor Summary

LocationGame()

Method Summary

protected void	checkParameters() Checks if Parameter values are consistent.
void	doGenerate() All information for generating payoffs for the location game is contained in the parameter set.
protected java.lang.String	getGameHelp() Return help screen information about the given game class.
double	getPayoff(int[] outcome, int player) Return the payoff for the given player at the given outcome.
void	initialize() Initializes using preset parameter values
void	randomizeParameters() Sets values of any unset parameters randomly.

Methods inherited from class edu.stanford.multiagent.gamer.Game

generate, getAutoNormPayoff, getDescription, getHelp, getName, getNormPayoff, getNumActions, getNumActions, getNumPlayers, getOutputPayoff, getOutputPayoff, getPayoff, getRangeHelp, parseActions, parsePlayersActions, parsePlayersSameNumberActions, parseSameNumberActions, setDescription, setName, setNormMinAndMax, setNumActions, setNumActions, setNumPlayers, writeGame

Methods inherited from class edu.stanford.multiagent.gamer.ParameterizedObject

getBooleanParameter, getDoubleParameter, getLongParameter, getParamDescription, getParameter, getParameters, getStringParameter, setParameter, setParameter, setParameters, setParameters

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

pADist

protected static Parameters.ParamInfo pADist

pBDist

protected static Parameters.ParamInfo pBDist

pLDist

protected static Parameters.ParamInfo pLDist

pCost

protected static Parameters.ParamInfo pCost

pLowAct

protected static Parameters.ParamInfo pLowAct

lgParams

protected static Parameters.ParamInfo[] lgParams

Constructor Detail

LocationGame

public LocationGame()
             throws java.lang.Exception

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize()
                throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from class: Game

Initializes using preset parameter values

Overrides:

initialize in class Game

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

checkParameters

protected void checkParameters()
                        throws java.lang.Exception

Description copied from class: ParameterizedObject

Checks if Parameter values are consistent. Must be implemented by every non-abstract subclass of ParameterizedObject.

Specified by:

checkParameters in class ParameterizedObject

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if anything is wrong with the parameter values

randomizeParameters

public void randomizeParameters()

Description copied from class: ParameterizedObject

Sets values of any unset parameters randomly. Can and should be overridden in subclasses to handle a non-uniform distribution and for constraints on parameters.

Overrides:

randomizeParameters in class ParameterizedObject

getGameHelp

protected java.lang.String getGameHelp()

Description copied from class: Game

Return help screen information about the given game class.

Specified by:

getGameHelp in class Game

getPayoff

public double getPayoff(int[] outcome,
                        int player)

Return the payoff for the given player at the given outcome.

Specified by:

getPayoff in class Game

Parameters:

outcome - array of integers representing which actions have been chosen by each player

player - the player whose payoff to return

doGenerate

public void doGenerate()

All information for generating payoffs for the location game is contained in the parameter set. There is no additional game generation necessary.

Specified by:

doGenerate in class ParameterizedObject