kernel

Interface Perception

All Known Implementing Classes:

LineOfSightPerception, StandardPerception

public interface Perception

Implementations of this interface are responsible for determining what entities/properties each agent can see.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ChangeSet	getVisibleEntities(AgentProxy agent) Determine what Entities are visible to a particular agent.
void	initialise(Config config, WorldModel<? extends Entity> world) Initialise this perception object.
void	setTime(int timestep) Notify this perception object of the current time.

Method Detail

initialise

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

Initialise this perception object.

Parameters:

config - The kernel configuration.

world - The world model.

getVisibleEntities

ChangeSet getVisibleEntities(AgentProxy agent)

Determine what Entities are visible to a particular agent. The returned Entities should be copies of Entities in the ground-truth WorldModel. Only visible properties should have defined values.

Parameters:

agent - The agent that is perceiving the world.

Returns:

A collection of entities that the agent can perceive.

setTime

void setTime(int timestep)

Notify this perception object of the current time.

Parameters:

timestep - The current timestep.