logist.behavior
Interface ReactiveBehavior

public interface ReactiveBehavior

The behavior of a state-based reactive agent.

Author:

Robin Steiger

Method Summary

Action	act(Vehicle vehicle, Task availableTask) This method is called whenever the agent arrives in a new city and is not carrying a task.
void	setup(Topology topology, TaskDistribution distribution, Agent agent) The setup method is called exactly once, before the simulation starts and before any other method is called.

Method Detail

setup

void setup(Topology topology,
           TaskDistribution distribution,
           Agent agent)

The setup method is called exactly once, before the simulation starts and before any other method is called.

The agent argument allows you to access important information about your agent, most notably:

• Agent.vehicles() the list of vehicles controlled by the agent
• Agent.getTasks() the set of tasks that the agent has accepted but not yet delivered

Parameters:

topology - The topology of the simulation

distribution - The task distribution of the simulation

agent - The properties of the agent

act

Action act(Vehicle vehicle,
           Task availableTask)

This method is called whenever the agent arrives in a new city and is not carrying a task.
The agent can see one available task in the city and decide whether or not to accept the task.

• If the agent decides to pick up the task, the platform will take over the control of the vehicle and deliver the task on the shortest path. The next time this method is called the vehicle will have dropped the task at its destination.
• If the agent decides to refuse the task, it chooses a neighboring city to move to. A refused task disappears and will no longer be available the next time the agent visits this city.

Parameters:

vehicle - The vehicle that the agent is controlling

availableTask - the proposed task or null if there is no task

Returns:

A Action.Pickup action if the task was accepted, or a Action.Move action if the task was refused.