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.IssueInteger; import genius.core.issue.IssueReal; import genius.core.issue.Value; import genius.core.issue.ValueInteger; import genius.core.issue.ValueReal; import genius.core.timeline.Timeline; /** * @author W.Pasman Some improvements over the standard SimpleAgent. * * Random Walker, Zero Intelligence Agent */ public class SimpleAgent extends Agent { private Action actionOfPartner = null; /** * Note: {@link SimpleAgent} does not account for the discount factor in its * computations */ private static double MINIMUM_BID_UTILITY = 0.0; /** * init is called when a next session starts with the same opponent. */ @Override public void init() { MINIMUM_BID_UTILITY = utilitySpace.getReservationValueUndiscounted(); } @Override public String getVersion() { return "3.1"; } @Override public String getName() { return "Simple Agent"; } @Override public void ReceiveMessage(Action opponentAction) { actionOfPartner = opponentAction; } @Override public Action chooseAction() { Action action = null; Bid partnerBid = null; try { if (actionOfPartner == null) action = chooseRandomBidAction(); if (actionOfPartner instanceof Offer) { partnerBid = ((Offer) actionOfPartner).getBid(); double offeredUtilFromOpponent = getUtility(partnerBid); // get current time double time = timeline.getTime(); action = chooseRandomBidAction(); Bid myBid = ((Offer) action).getBid(); double myOfferedUtil = getUtility(myBid); // accept under certain circumstances if (isAcceptable(offeredUtilFromOpponent, myOfferedUtil, time)) action = new Accept(getAgentID(), partnerBid); } if (timeline.getType().equals(Timeline.Type.Time)) { sleep(0.005); // just for fun } } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Exception in ChooseAction:" + e.getMessage()); action = new Accept(getAgentID(), partnerBid); // best guess if // things go wrong. } return action; } private boolean isAcceptable(double offeredUtilFromOpponent, double myOfferedUtil, double time) throws Exception { double P = Paccept(offeredUtilFromOpponent, time); if (P > Math.random()) return true; return false; } /** * 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. // 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 (3 minutes) // but this is just a simple agent. Bid bid = null; 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()) * (optionInd) / (lIssueReal .getNumberOfDiscretizationSteps()))); break; case INTEGER: IssueInteger lIssueInteger = (IssueInteger) lIssue; int optionIndex2 = lIssueInteger.getLowerBound() + randomnr.nextInt(lIssueInteger.getUpperBound() - lIssueInteger.getLowerBound()); values.put(lIssueInteger.getNumber(), new ValueInteger(optionIndex2)); break; default: throw new Exception("issue type " + lIssue.getType() + " not supported by SimpleAgent2"); } } bid = new Bid(utilitySpace.getDomain(), values); } while (getUtility(bid) < MINIMUM_BID_UTILITY); 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; } @Override public String getDescription() { return "Random bids until good offer is received"; } }