kernel

Interface CommunicationModel

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCommunicationModel, ChannelCommunicationModel, StandardCommunicationModel

public interface CommunicationModel

A model of communication. Implementers are responsible for determining what communications are received by each agent in the world.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Collection<Command>	getHearing(Entity agent) Get the set of hear commands an agent can hear.
void	initialise(Config config, WorldModel<? extends Entity> world) Initialise this communication model.
void	process(int time, java.util.Collection<? extends Command> agentCommands) Process a set of agent commands and work out what communications each agent can hear.

Method Detail

initialise

void initialise(Config config,
                WorldModel<? extends Entity> world)

Initialise this communication model.

Parameters:

config - The kernel configuration.

world - The world model.

process

void process(int time,
             java.util.Collection<? extends Command> agentCommands)

Process a set of agent commands and work out what communications each agent can hear.

Parameters:

time - The current time.

agentCommands - The set of all agent commands this timestep.

getHearing

java.util.Collection<Command> getHearing(Entity agent)

Get the set of hear commands an agent can hear.

Parameters:

agent - The agent controlled entity.

Returns:

Set set of hear commands the agent can hear.