ipdlx
Class Strategy

java.lang.Object
  ipdlx.Strategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

PDValues, java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

ALLC, ALLD, GRIM, Historical, MRAND, NEG, Pavlov, RAND, STFT, TFT, TFTT

public abstract class Strategy
extends java.lang.Object
implements PDValues, java.lang.Cloneable

Base abstract class for all strategies.

Author:

Tomasz Kaczanowski, Jan Humble

Field Summary

protected double	lastResult info about last game's result.
protected int	nrOfOpponents
protected double	opponentMove info about last opponent's move - did he defect or cooperate.
protected double[]	opponentsMoves info about last opponent's move - did he defect or cooperate.

Fields inherited from interface ipdlx.PDValues

COOPERATE, DEFAULT_MISTAKE_LEVEL, DEFAULT_PUNISHMENT, DEFAULT_REWARD, DEFAULT_SUCKER, DEFAULT_TEMPTATION, DEFECT, EXIT, moves, PLAYER_A, PLAYER_B

Constructor Summary

Strategy(java.lang.String abbrName, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String description)
Constructor for "dirty" strategies.

Method Summary

protected java.lang.Object	clone() returns full name of the strategy
java.lang.String	getAbbrName() returns strategy abbreviated name
java.lang.String	getDescription() returns strategy description
double	getFinalMove(double move) Deprecated. This used to implement noise, but is now implemeneted in the Game class.
java.lang.String	getFullName()
abstract double	getMove() returns move
java.lang.String	getName() returns strategy name
int	getNumberOfOpponents()
double	getOpponentMove()
double[]	getOpponentsMoves()
protected double	getResult() returns strategy result
void	reset() sets the initial state of this strategy
void	setLastResult(double lastResult)
void	setNumberOfOpponents(int nrOfOpponents)
void	setOpponentMove(double opponentMove) setter for opponentMove field.
void	setOpponentsMoves(double[] opponentsMoves) setter for opponentsMoves field.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

opponentMove

protected double opponentMove

info about last opponent's move - did he defect or cooperate. *not every strategy uses this variable

opponentsMoves

protected double[] opponentsMoves

info about last opponent's move - did he defect or cooperate. *not every strategy uses this variable

lastResult

protected double lastResult

info about last game's result. not every strategy uses this variable

nrOfOpponents

protected int nrOfOpponents

Constructor Detail

Strategy

public Strategy(java.lang.String abbrName,
                java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.String description)

Constructor for "dirty" strategies. Sets: result to 0 also sets strategy names and description

Parameters:

abbrName - abbreviated name of strategy, eg. "TFT"

name - name of strategy, eg. "Tit-For-Tat"

description - description of strategy, how does it works, when does it coopearate and defect

Method Detail

getMove

public abstract double getMove()

returns move

Returns:

move of this strategy

setLastResult

public void setLastResult(double lastResult)

getNumberOfOpponents

public final int getNumberOfOpponents()

setNumberOfOpponents

public final void setNumberOfOpponents(int nrOfOpponents)

getResult

protected final double getResult()

returns strategy result

Returns:

strategy's result (the number of points gathered during game(s)

getDescription

public java.lang.String getDescription()

returns strategy description

Returns:

strategy's description

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

returns strategy name

Returns:

strategy's name

getAbbrName

public java.lang.String getAbbrName()

returns strategy abbreviated name

Returns:

strategy's abbreviated name

clone

protected java.lang.Object clone()
                          throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

returns full name of the strategy

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

full name of the strategy "abbrName (FullName)"

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

getFullName

public java.lang.String getFullName()

setOpponentMove

public final void setOpponentMove(double opponentMove)

setter for opponentMove field. if your strategy doesn't use last opponent move in its next move calculations, setting of this field won't hurt it

Parameters:

opponentMove - last move of the opponent

setOpponentsMoves

public final void setOpponentsMoves(double[] opponentsMoves)

setter for opponentsMoves field. if your strategy doesn't use last opponent move in its next move calculations, setting of this field won't hurt it

Parameters:

opponentsMoves - last move of all the opponents

getOpponentsMoves

public final double[] getOpponentsMoves()

getOpponentMove

public final double getOpponentMove()

getFinalMove

public final double getFinalMove(double move)

Deprecated. This used to implement noise, but is now implemeneted in the Game class.

reset

public void reset()

sets the initial state of this strategy

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object