edu.cuny.cat.trader.strategy
Interface Strategy

All Superinterfaces:

AuctionEventListener, java.lang.Cloneable, edu.cuny.obj.Prototypeable, edu.cuny.obj.Resetable

All Known Subinterfaces:

AdaptiveStrategy, FixedQuantityStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractStrategy, AdaptiveStrategyImpl, DiscreteLearnerStrategy, FixedQuantityStrategyImpl, GDLStrategy, GDStrategy, MomentumStrategy, PriestVanTolStrategy, PureSimpleStrategy, RandomConstrainedStrategy, StimuliResponseStrategy, TruthTellingStrategy, ZIPStrategy, ZIQStrategy

public interface Strategy
extends edu.cuny.obj.Prototypeable, AuctionEventListener

Classes implementing this interface define trading strategies for round-robin traders.

Version:

$Revision: 1.11 $

Author:

Steve Phelps

Method Summary

int	determineQuantity()
Shout	modifyShout(Shout shout) Modify the trader's current shout according to the trading strategy being implemented.
boolean	requiresAuctionHistory()
void	setAgent(AbstractTradingAgent agent)

Methods inherited from interface edu.cuny.obj.Prototypeable

protoClone

Methods inherited from interface edu.cuny.obj.Resetable

reset

Methods inherited from interface edu.cuny.cat.event.AuctionEventListener

eventOccurred

Method Detail

modifyShout

Shout modifyShout(Shout shout)

Modify the trader's current shout according to the trading strategy being implemented.

Parameters:

shout - The shout to be updated

Returns:

The new shout, or null if no shout is to be placed.

setAgent

void setAgent(AbstractTradingAgent agent)

determineQuantity

int determineQuantity()

requiresAuctionHistory

boolean requiresAuctionHistory()