Class Schedule

java.lang.Object
  Schedule

public class Schedule
extends Object

A schedule for the Psychology experiment application.

Version:

26 February 2006

Constructor Summary

Schedule()
Construct a Schedule object.

Method Summary

ArrayList<Session>	createSessions() Generate all of the sessions necessary for the set of students in this schedule.
void	displaySessions(ArrayList<Session> sessions) Display a set of sessions.
int	numPeriods(int numExperimenters) Determine the number of periods necessary to have a given number of trained experimenters.
int	numSessions(int numStudents) Calculate the number of sessions needed for a given number of students.
int	numTrainers(int numPeriods) Calculate the number of trained experimenters available after a given amount of training periods.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Schedule

public Schedule()

Construct a Schedule object. Initializes attributes to default values.

Method Detail

numSessions

public int numSessions(int numStudents)

Calculate the number of sessions needed for a given number of students.

Parameters:

numStudents - the number of students

Returns:

the number of sessions

createSessions

public ArrayList<Session> createSessions()

Generate all of the sessions necessary for the set of students in this schedule.

Returns:

the set of sessions

displaySessions

public void displaySessions(ArrayList<Session> sessions)

Display a set of sessions.

Parameters:

sessions - the set of sessions to display

numTrainers

public int numTrainers(int numPeriods)

Calculate the number of trained experimenters available after a given amount of training periods. Assumptions: one initial trainer; training takes one period of a trainer and a trainee plus one period of the trainee on her/his own; once trained, an experimenter can train others.

Parameters:

numPeriods - the number of training periods

Returns:

the number of trained experimenters

numPeriods

public int numPeriods(int numExperimenters)

Determine the number of periods necessary to have a given number of trained experimenters. Uses same assumptions as the numTrainers method.

Parameters:

numExperimenters - the desired number of experimenters

Returns:

the nubmer of periods required