edu.sc.ants
Class Follower

java.lang.Object
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  +--edu.sc.ants.Thing
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        +--edu.sc.ants.Agent
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              +--edu.sc.ants.Follower

public class Follower

extends Agent

Follows Target agents around using a negotiation protocols to make sure that no more than n Followers are following any given Target agent.

Inner Class Summary

(package private) class

Follower.BlackList The list of all the agents a Follower agent cannot follow.

Field Summary

(package private) Follower.BlackList	blackList The blacklist
(package private) int	currentTarget ID of the agent I am currently following.
(package private) long	lastFollowMessage Time when I last told currentTarget I was following it
(package private) long	timeBetweenFollowMessages Time between successive notifications to the target that I am following it, in miliseconds.
(package private) long	timeExpireBlackList Time an agent remains in my blacklist, in ms

Fields inherited from class edu.sc.ants.Thing

env, fixed, heading, lastInput, myBroadcastRange, myColor, myExpireWait, myID, mySensingRange, mySize, name, running, suspended, type, xLocation, yLocation

Constructor Summary

Follower(int id, Environment e, java.lang.String n, double x, double y, double h, java.lang.String t)
A constructor.

Method Summary

void	draw(java.awt.Graphics g, double x, double y, double heading) Draw myself
Action	generateAction() Find the enemy that is closest to me and head towards him, moving closer if I am in the correct heading.
(package private) Action	getFollowAction(Observation best, double bestDist) Get an action that will make this agent follow an agent at location best.
(package private) Action	getRunAwayAction(Observation best, double bestDist) Get an action that will make this agent run away from the agent at location best.
void	processInput() Incorporate all the observations that the agent hears about and broadcasts all that the agent knows (so others can hear this and do likewise).

Methods inherited from class edu.sc.ants.Agent

drawInfo

Methods inherited from class edu.sc.ants.Thing

draw, expireObservations, incorporateObservations, incorporateOthersObservations, resume, run, start, stop, suspend

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

, clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, registerNatives, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

blackList

Follower.BlackList blackList

The blacklist

currentTarget

int currentTarget

ID of the agent I am currently following. -1 if none

lastFollowMessage

long lastFollowMessage

Time when I last told currentTarget I was following it

timeBetweenFollowMessages

long timeBetweenFollowMessages

Time between successive notifications to the target that I am following it, in miliseconds.

timeExpireBlackList

long timeExpireBlackList

Time an agent remains in my blacklist, in ms

Constructor Detail

Follower

public Follower(int id,
                Environment e,
                java.lang.String n,
                double x,
                double y,
                double h,
                java.lang.String t)

A constructor.

Parameters:

id - my unique ID.

e - the enviroment on which I reside

n - name

x - x location on the panel

y - y location on the panel

h - heading

t - type

Method Detail

draw

public void draw(java.awt.Graphics g,
                 double x,
                 double y,
                 double heading)

Draw myself

Overrides:

draw in class Thing

processInput

public void processInput()

Incorporate all the observations that the agent hears about and broadcasts all that the agent knows (so others can hear this and do likewise).

Overrides:

processInput in class Agent

generateAction

public Action generateAction()

Find the enemy that is closest to me and head towards him, moving closer if I am in the correct heading. If there are no enemies visible just move around randomly.

Overrides:

generateAction in class Agent

getFollowAction

Action getFollowAction(Observation best,
                       double bestDist)

Get an action that will make this agent follow an agent at location best.

Parameters:

best - the location of the target agent

bestDist - the distance of the target agent to me

Returns:

action to either move closer or try to face in the right direction

getRunAwayAction

Action getRunAwayAction(Observation best,
                        double bestDist)

Get an action that will make this agent run away from the agent at location best.

Parameters:

best - the location of the target agent

bestDist - the distance of the target agent to me

Returns:

action to either move away or try to face in the right direction