org.jscience.architecture.lift
Interface KinematicModel

All Known Implementing Classes:

LoadDependentKinematicModel, SimpleKinematicModel

public interface KinematicModel

This file is licensed under the GNU Public Licens (GPL).
This interface describes a Kinematic Model. A Kinematic Model is a mathematical model used to kinematically (mechanically) model an elevator car and it's movement in the shaft.

Method Summary

void	dstFChanged(Car C) Notifies the Kinematic Model that the destination floor of the moving Car has changed.
int	getDoorCloseTime(int AbsFloor, Car C) Returns the time (in Ticks) needed to close the door of the Car C on the AbsFloorth Floor.
int	getDoorOpenTime(int AbsFloor, Car C) Returns the time (in Ticks) needed to open the door of the Car C on the AbsFloorth Floor.
double	getProgress(Car C) Gets the Progress of a Car in the [0, 1] interval.
boolean	mayStopAt(Car C, int AbsFloor) This method is used to determinate if the Car C may stop on floor AbsFloor before its next planned stop without reversing its direction.
void	tick(SimulatedCar C) Cars inherit void Tick() from the Tickable interface and call this function each time their Tick() method is called.

Method Detail

tick

void tick(SimulatedCar C)

Cars inherit void Tick() from the Tickable interface and call this function each time their Tick() method is called. Before calling, the Car increasess it's Progress by one. This happens in every Tick(), namely in every 0.1 second, so this method is called for each Car in every 0.1 second of simulation time.
It must call C.arrived() if the C Car arrives at it's planned destination Floor.
It must call C.CrtFReached() if the C Car is reached the next floor while moving

Parameters:

C - The Car which called this method.

mayStopAt

boolean mayStopAt(Car C,
                  int AbsFloor)

This method is used to determinate if the Car C may stop on floor AbsFloor before its next planned stop without reversing its direction. This occures when a moving Car needs to determine if it may accept a new call between its current floor and planned destination floor.

dstFChanged

void dstFChanged(Car C)

Notifies the Kinematic Model that the destination floor of the moving Car has changed. This usually happens when a Car catches a call that appears after it's start.

Parameters:

C - The Car which changed its destination floor

getProgress

double getProgress(Car C)

Gets the Progress of a Car in the [0, 1] interval. This is only applicable if the doors are closing or opening or if the Car is moving from one floor to another. This should be 0.25 if the door is only 25 percent open, 0.66 if the car already moved 66% of the distance between two adjacent floors, and so on.

Parameters:

C - The target Car

Returns:

The 0<=Progress<=1 value

getDoorOpenTime

int getDoorOpenTime(int AbsFloor,
                    Car C)

Returns the time (in Ticks) needed to open the door of the Car C on the AbsFloorth Floor.

getDoorCloseTime

int getDoorCloseTime(int AbsFloor,
                     Car C)

Returns the time (in Ticks) needed to close the door of the Car C on the AbsFloorth Floor.