Re: Modeling time of day tasks

[Marcus G. Daniels]

KV> I am trying to get my agents to perform certain tasks during certain
KV> times during the day. Can anyone tell me how to model time of day
KV> tasks in swarm?

Here's an example of a repeating schedule for a day's events.
(There's a separate schedule for killing the model that runs on a 
multiplied timescale.)

#import <simtools.h>
#import <activity.h>
#import <objectbase.h>
#import <objectbase/Swarm.h>

#define LASTDAY 5

@interface Model: Swarm
{
  unsigned day;
  id <Schedule> schedule;
  id <Schedule> stopSchedule;
}
@end

@implementation Model
+ createBegin: aZone
{
  Model *obj = [super createBegin: aZone];

  obj->day = 0;
  return obj;
  
}

- (void)die
{
  [getCurrentSwarmActivity () terminate];
}

- (void)newDay
{
  printf ("new day #%u @ %u\n", day, getCurrentTime ());

  day++;
}

- (void)wakeUp
{
  printf ("wake up @ %u\n", getCurrentTime ());
}

- (void)startWork
{
  printf ("start work @ %u\n", getCurrentTime ());
}

- (void)lunch
{
  printf ("lunch @ %u\n", getCurrentTime ());
}

- (void)resumeWork
{
  printf ("resume work @ %u\n", getCurrentTime ());
}

- (void)goHome
{
  printf ("go home @ %u\n", getCurrentTime ());
}

- (void)sleep
{
  printf ("sleep @ %u\n", getCurrentTime ());
}

- buildActions
{
  stopSchedule = [Schedule create: self];

  [stopSchedule at: LASTDAY * 24 createActionTo: self message: M(die)];

  schedule = [Schedule create: self setRepeatInterval: 24];

  [schedule at: 0 createActionTo: self message: M(newDay)];
  [schedule at: 7 createActionTo: self message: M(wakeUp)];
  [schedule at: 8 createActionTo: self message: M(startWork)];
  [schedule at: 12 createActionTo: self message: M(lunch)];
  [schedule at: 13 createActionTo: self message: M(resumeWork)];
  [schedule at: 17 createActionTo: self message: M(goHome)];
  [schedule at: 23 createActionTo: self message: M(sleep)];
  
  return self;
}

- (id <Activity>)activateIn: (id <Swarm>)swarmContext
{
  [super activateIn: swarmContext];

  [stopSchedule activateIn: self];
  [schedule activateIn: self];
  return [self getActivity];
}
@end

int
main (int argc, const char **argv)
{
  initSwarmBatch (argc, argv);

  {
    id model = [Model create: globalZone];
    
    [model buildObjects];
    [model buildActions];
    [[model activateIn: nil] run];
  }
}

/*
Local Variables:
compile-command: "$SWARMHOME/bin/libtool-swarm --mode=link gcc 
-DAPPNAME=timeofday -D_GNU_SOURCE -o timeofday -g -Wno-import 
-I$SWARMHOME/include -L$SWARMHOME/lib timeofday.m -lswarm -lobjc"
End:
*/


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