source: src/main/java/agents/anac/y2011/ValueModelAgent/OpponentModeler.java@ 127

package agents.anac.y2011.ValueModelAgent;

import genius.core.timeline.TimeLineInfo;
import genius.core.utility.AdditiveUtilitySpace;

public class OpponentModeler {
        AdditiveUtilitySpace utilitySpace;
        double lastTime;
        public double delta;
        double discount;
        TimeLineInfo timeline;
        BidList ourPastBids;
        BidList theirPastBids;
        BidList allBids;
        ValueModeler vmodel;
        ValueModelAgent agent;
        // reasonable to assume that this is the ratio between how much
        // they gave us and how much they lost.
        // i.e. if they gave us 9% than its reasonable to assume they lost at least
        // 3%.
        // this is used for fail safe estimation
        double paretoRatioEstimation = 5;

        public OpponentModeler(int bidCount, AdditiveUtilitySpace space, TimeLineInfo timeline, BidList our, BidList their,
                        ValueModeler vmodeler, BidList allBids, ValueModelAgent agent) {
                ourPastBids = our;
                theirPastBids = their;
                utilitySpace = space;
                lastTime = timeline.getTime() * timeline.getTotalTime() * 1000;
                discount = utilitySpace.getDiscountFactor();
                if (discount >= 1) {
                        discount = 0; // compatiblity with old discount mode
                }
                this.timeline = timeline;
                delta = 1.0 / (timeline.getTotalTime() * 1000);
                vmodel = vmodeler;
                this.allBids = allBids;
                this.agent = agent;
        }

        public void tick() {
                double newTime = timeline.getTime() * timeline.getTotalTime() * 1000;
                delta = 0.8 * delta + (newTime - lastTime) / 5;
        }

        private int expectedBidsToConvergence() {
                return 10;
        }

        public int expectedBidsToTimeout() {
                if (delta > 0)
                        return (int) ((1 - timeline.getTime()) / delta);
                else
                        return (int) (1 - timeline.getTime()) * 1000;
        }

        public double expectedDiscountRatioToConvergence() {
                double expectedPart = (double) (expectedBidsToConvergence() * delta);
                if (timeline.getTime() + expectedPart > 1) {
                        return 1.1;
                } else {
                        double div = 1 - (discount * expectedPart);
                        if (div > 0) {
                                return 1 / div;
                        } else
                                return 1.1;
                }
        }

        public double guessCurrentBidUtil() {
                int s2 = theirPastBids.bids.size();
                if (s2 == 0) {
                        return 1;
                }
                double sum = 0;
                double count = 0;
                double symetricLowerBound = allBids.bids.get(s2).ourUtility;
                // trying to learn the average of the current bids
                for (int i = s2 - 2; i >= 0 && i > s2 - 50; i--) {
                        theirPastBids.bids.get(i).update(vmodel);
                        if (theirPastBids.bids.get(i).theirUtilityReliability > 0.7) {
                                sum += theirPastBids.bids.get(i).theirUtility;
                                count++;
                        }
                }
                double shield = timeline.getTime() * 0.6;
                if (shield < 0.03)
                        shield = 0.03;
                double minBound = symetricLowerBound;
                if (count >= 5 && sum / count < minBound) {
                        minBound = sum / count;
                }
                if (minBound > (1 - shield))
                        return minBound;
                // it is very unsafe to assume our opponent conceded more than 15...
                else
                        return (1 - shield);
        }
}