package geniusweb.boa.biddingstrategy; import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom; import java.util.logging.Level; import geniusweb.actions.Accept; import geniusweb.actions.Action; import geniusweb.actions.EndNegotiation; import geniusweb.actions.Offer; import geniusweb.actions.PartyId; import geniusweb.boa.BoaState; import geniusweb.inform.Settings; import geniusweb.issuevalue.Bid; import geniusweb.profile.Profile; import geniusweb.profile.utilityspace.LinearAdditive; import tudelft.utilities.immutablelist.ImmutableList; /** * This places offers in a time-dependent-only way, monotonically decreasing the * utility of the offers according to the given parameters. Implements a * TimeDependentAgent Strategy adapted from S. Shaheen Fatima Michael Wooldridge * Nicholas R. Jennings Optimal Negotiation Strategies for Agents with * Incomplete Information http://eprints.ecs.soton.ac.uk/6151/1/atal01.pdf *

* Required: the profile is {@link LinearAdditive}. Does not currently handle * profile changes. *

* As basis, the original Genius' * negotiator.boaframework.offeringstrategy.other.GeniusTimeDependent_Offering * was used. However that seems to ignore the reservation value. This was fixed * here. *

* The default strategy was extended to enable the usage of opponent models. *

* The time-dependent utility target function is f(t) = k + (1.0 - k) * * Math.pow((t - startTime) / (1.0 - startTime), 1.0 / e). The utility target is * then set at min+(max-min)*f(t) where the default values for min = either the * utility of the reservation bid or the absolute minimum utility of the * profile, and default for max the maximum attainable utility. *

* * Parameters: *

*/ public class TimeDependentBiddingStrategy implements BiddingStrategy { // bidSpace=null means we're not yet initialized. private ExtendedUtilSpace bidSpace = null; private Double e, k, min, max; // min, max attainable utility private PartyId me; @Override public Action getAction(BoaState state) { if (bidSpace == null) { init(state); } double utilityGoal = p( state.getProgress().get(System.currentTimeMillis())); // if there is no opponent model available ImmutableList bidOptions = bidSpace .getBids((BigDecimal.valueOf(utilityGoal))); if (bidOptions.size().intValue() == 0) { // should not happen unless profile is broken, emergency exit state.getReporter().log(Level.WARNING, "No viable bids found around current utility target"); Offer lastOffer = state.getLastReceivedOffer(); if (lastOffer == null) return new EndNegotiation(me); return new Accept(me, lastOffer.getBid()); } Bid pickedBid = bidOptions.get(ThreadLocalRandom.current() .nextInt(bidOptions.size().intValue())); return new Offer(me, pickedBid); } /** * Overrideable for hard configuring this component. * * @param state the {@link BoaState} * @return the parameter e for the time depemdency function * {@link #f(double)}. The parameter is 1 by default, or the value * for the "e" parameter in the {@link Settings} if available. */ protected Double getE(BoaState state) { return state.getSettings().getParameters().getDouble("e", 1d, 0d, 1d); } /** * Overrideable for hard configuring this component. * * @param state the {@link BoaState} * @return the parameter k for the time depemdency function * {@link #f(double)}. The parameter is 0 by default, or the value * for the "k" parameter in the {@link Settings} if available. */ protected Double getK(BoaState state) { return state.getSettings().getParameters().getDouble("k", 0d, 0d, 1d); } /** * Assumes {@link #bidSpace} has been initialized. *

* Overrideable for hard configuring this component. * * @param state the {@link BoaState} * @return the min value for {@link #p(double)}. We use the "min" parameter * in the {@link Settings} if available. If not available, the * parameter is computed as the utility of the reservation bid. If * there is no reservation bid, we use the minimum utility of the * available profile. */ protected Double getMin(BoaState state) { Double val = state.getSettings().getParameters().getDouble("min", null, 0d, 1d); if (val != null) return val; // val=null, try the reservation bid LinearAdditive profile = (LinearAdditive) state.getProfile(); if (profile.getReservationBid() != null) { return profile.getUtility(profile.getReservationBid()) .doubleValue(); } return bidSpace.getMin().doubleValue(); } /** * Assumes {@link #bidSpace} has been initialized. *

* Overrideable for hard configuring this component. * * @param state the {@link BoaState} * @return the max value for {@link #p(double)}. We use the "max" parameter * in the {@link Settings} if available. If not available, we use * the maximum utility of the available profile. */ protected Double getMax(BoaState state) { Double val = state.getSettings().getParameters().getDouble("max", null, 0d, 1d); if (val != null) return val; return bidSpace.getMax().doubleValue(); } // /** // * @return the most recent bid that was offered, or null if no offer has // * been done yet. // */ // private Bid getLastBid(List history) { // for (int n = history.size() - 1; n >= 0; n--) { // Action action = history.get(n); // if (action instanceof Offer) { // return ((Offer) action).getBid(); // } // } // return null; // } /** * initializes bidSpace * * @param state */ private void init(BoaState state) { this.me = state.getSettings().getID(); Profile prof = state.getProfile(); if (!(prof instanceof LinearAdditive)) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "Requires a LinearAdditive space but got " + prof); LinearAdditive profile = (LinearAdditive) prof; this.bidSpace = getBidSpace(profile); this.e = getE(state); this.k = getK(state); this.min = getMin(state); this.max = getMax(state); state.getReporter().log(Level.INFO, "BOA biddingstrategy min util = " + this.min); } /** * Makes sure the target utility with in the acceptable range according to * the domain * * @param t the normalized current time in the negotiation, where t=9 at * start of negotiation and t=1 at end of negotiation. * @return double */ private double p(double t) { return this.min + (this.max - this.min) * (1.0 - f(t)); } /** * From the paper: * * A wide range of time dependent functions can be defined by varying the * way in which f(t) is computed. However, functions must ensure that 0 <= * f(t) <= 1, f(0) = k, and f(1) = 1. * * That is, the offer will always be between the value range, at the * beginning it will give the initial constant and when the deadline is * reached, it will offer the reservation value. * * @param t the normalized current time in the negotiation, where t=9 at * start of negotiation and t=1 at end of negotiation. * @return */ private double f(double t) { double ft = k + (1.0 - k) * Math.pow(t, 1.0 / e); return ft; } /** * Factory method to get the {@link ExtendedUtilSpace} helper class. * Overridable eg for tests * * @param profile a {@link LinearAdditive} profile * * @return {@link ExtendedUtilSpace} */ protected ExtendedUtilSpace getBidSpace(LinearAdditive profile) { return new ExtendedUtilSpace(profile); } }