edu.stanford.multiagent.gamer
Class MatrixGame

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.MatrixGame

Direct Known Subclasses:

BattleOfTheSexes, Chicken, CovariantGame, HawkAndDove, PrisonersDilemma, RandomGame, ShapleysGame, TwoByTwoGame

public abstract class MatrixGame

extends Game

Class implements the straightforward normal form game.

Field Summary

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

MatrixGame()
Constructor for a new matrix game.

Method Summary

double	getPayoff(int[] outcome, int player) Returns the payoff for a player for a given outcome.
protected void	initMatrix() Initializes the payoff array.
protected void	setPayoff(int[] outcome, int player, double value) Sets the payoff for a player for a given outcome.

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

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

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

checkParameters, doGenerate, getBooleanParameter, getDoubleParameter, getLongParameter, getParamDescription, getParameter, getParameters, getStringParameter, randomizeParameters, setParameter, setParameter, setParameters, setParameters

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MatrixGame

public MatrixGame()
           throws java.lang.Exception

Constructor for a new matrix game.

Method Detail

initMatrix

protected void initMatrix()

Initializes the payoff array. Assumes that the numbers of players and actions have already been set.

getPayoff

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

Returns the payoff for a player for a given outcome.

Specified by:

getPayoff in class Game

Parameters:

outcome - an array containing the actions chosen by each player

player - the player whose payoff should be returned.

setPayoff

protected void setPayoff(int[] outcome,
                         int player,
                         double value)

Sets the payoff for a player for a given outcome.

Parameters:

outcome - an array containing the actions chosen by each player

player - the player whose payoff should be returned.

value - the amount of the payoff