package agents; import java.util.HashMap; import java.util.List; import java.util.Random; import genius.core.Agent; import genius.core.Bid; import genius.core.actions.Accept; import genius.core.actions.Action; import genius.core.actions.ActionWithBid; import genius.core.actions.Offer; import genius.core.issue.Issue; import genius.core.issue.IssueDiscrete; import genius.core.issue.IssueReal; import genius.core.issue.Value; import genius.core.issue.ValueReal; /** * * @author W.Pasman 6nov08 Some improvements over the standard SimpleAgent. We * only consider random bids with utility higher than the maximum and we * search at most MAX_SEARCH times in the random space for a better bid. * of the opponent utilities we saw so far. */ public class RandomIncreasingUtilAgent extends Agent { private Action actionOfPartner = null; private static final double MINIMUM_BID_UTILITY = 0.5; // obviously we will // fail if there are // no bids with this // utility! private static final int MAX_SEARCH = 4000; /** the maximum opponent utility we saw so far */ private double max_opponent_utility = 0; Bid max_opponent_bid = null; /** * init is called when a next session starts with the same opponent. */ public void init() { } @Override public String getVersion() { return "1.2"; } public void ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction) { actionOfPartner = opponentAction; } public Action chooseAction() { Action action = null; try { if (actionOfPartner == null) action = chooseRandomBidAction(); if (actionOfPartner instanceof Offer) { Bid partnerBid = ((Offer) actionOfPartner).getBid(); double offeredutil = utilitySpace.getUtility(partnerBid); if (offeredutil > max_opponent_utility) { max_opponent_utility = offeredutil; max_opponent_bid = partnerBid; } double time = timeline.getTime(); double P = Paccept(offeredutil, time); if (P > Math.random()) action = new Accept(getAgentID(), partnerBid); else action = chooseRandomBidAction(); } Thread.sleep(1000); // just for fun } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Exception in ChooseAction:" + e.getMessage()); // best guess if things go wrong. action = new Accept(getAgentID(), ((ActionWithBid) actionOfPartner).getBid()); } return action; } /** * Wrapper for getRandomBid, for convenience. * * @return new Action(Bid(..)), with bid utility > MINIMUM_BID_UTIL. If a * problem occurs, it returns an Accept() action. */ private Action chooseRandomBidAction() { Bid nextBid = null; try { nextBid = getRandomBid(); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Problem with received bid:" + e.getMessage() + ". cancelling bidding"); } if (nextBid == null) return (new Accept(getAgentID(), ((ActionWithBid) actionOfPartner).getBid())); return (new Offer(getAgentID(), nextBid)); } /** * @return a random bid with high enough utility value. * @throws Exception * if we can't compute the utility (eg no evaluators have been * set) or when other evaluators than a DiscreteEvaluator are * present in the util space. */ private Bid getRandomBid() throws Exception { HashMap values = new HashMap(); // pairs // List issues = utilitySpace.getDomain().getIssues(); Random randomnr = new Random(); // createFrom a random bid with utility>MINIMUM_BID_UTIL AND // utility>max_opponent_util // note that this may never succeed if you set MINIMUM too high!!! // in that case we will search for a bid till the time is up (2 minutes) // but this is just a simple agent. Bid bid = null; double bidutility = 0; int nr_tries = 0; do { for (Issue lIssue : issues) { switch (lIssue.getType()) { case DISCRETE: IssueDiscrete lIssueDiscrete = (IssueDiscrete) lIssue; int optionIndex = randomnr.nextInt(lIssueDiscrete .getNumberOfValues()); values.put(lIssue.getNumber(), lIssueDiscrete.getValue(optionIndex)); break; case REAL: IssueReal lIssueReal = (IssueReal) lIssue; int optionInd = randomnr.nextInt(lIssueReal .getNumberOfDiscretizationSteps() - 1); values.put( lIssueReal.getNumber(), new ValueReal(lIssueReal.getLowerBound() + (lIssueReal.getUpperBound() - lIssueReal .getLowerBound()) * (double) (optionInd) / (double) (lIssueReal .getNumberOfDiscretizationSteps()))); break; default: throw new Exception("issue type " + lIssue.getType() + " not supported by SimpleAgent2"); } } bid = new Bid(utilitySpace.getDomain(), values); bidutility = utilitySpace.getUtility(bid); nr_tries++; } while ((bidutility < MINIMUM_BID_UTILITY || bidutility < max_opponent_utility) && nr_tries < MAX_SEARCH); if (bidutility < MINIMUM_BID_UTILITY || bidutility < max_opponent_utility) // reached search limit? { // could not find a better bid than we received, let's offer that // best bid so far... bid = max_opponent_bid; } return bid; } /** * This function determines the accept probability for an offer. At t=0 it * will prefer high-utility offers. As t gets closer to 1, it will accept * lower utility offers with increasing probability. it will never accept * offers with utility 0. * * @param u * is the utility * @param t * is the time as fraction of the total available time (t=0 at * start, and t=1 at end time) * @return the probability of an accept at time t * @throws Exception * if you use wrong values for u or t. * */ double Paccept(double u, double t1) throws Exception { double t = t1 * t1 * t1; // steeper increase when deadline approaches. if (u < 0 || u > 1.05) throw new Exception("utility " + u + " outside [0,1]"); // normalization may be slightly off, therefore we have a broad boundary // up to 1.05 if (t < 0 || t > 1) throw new Exception("time " + t + " outside [0,1]"); if (u > 1.) u = 1; if (t == 0.5) return u; return (u - 2. * u * t + 2. * (-1. + t + Math.sqrt(sq(-1. + t) + u * (-1. + 2 * t)))) / (-1. + 2 * t); } double sq(double x) { return x * x; } }