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Smart Home Simulator (coursework Programming 1, University of Southampton)

Coursework1

Smart Home Simulator (coursework Programming 1, University of Southampton) This coursework was done in December 2018.

Coursework Aims

• Understand how to construct simple classes and implement methods.
• Are able to take simple pseudo-code descriptions and construct working Java code from them.
• Can write a working program to perform a complex task.
• Have an understanding of object oriented programming.
• Can correctly use polymorphism and I/O.
• Can write code that it is understandable and conforms to good coding practice

Specification

The aim of this coursework was to construct a simple simulation of the energy consumption- and energy generation- of a smart house. In the house are a number of appliances which consume/generate electricity or consume water when they operate, meters that record the amount of water and electricity consumed/generated and a battery which stores excess electricity if the house happens to generate more than it needs.

How to run the Smart Home Simulator

Once you have downloaded all java classes and the configuration file ("house.txt" must be in the same folder), compile House.java from terminal:

> javac House.java

Run the program with these arguments:

> java House CONFIGURATION_FILE n

Where CONFIGURATION_FILE is the file txt (it is provided in the repository) and "n" it is the number of hours which the house will run the simulation

Or just the configuration file:

> java House CONFIGURATION_FILE

The simulation will run for 168 hours (1 week)

Output example

> javac House.java
> java House house.txt 2

Day: 1
Time: 1:00
+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|   Utility    |    Meter     |    Cost(GPB) |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| Water        | 0.0          | 0.00         |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
| Utility name |    Meter     |   Cost(GPB)  | Units drawn from the mains  |  Units drawn from the battery |Units in the battery|
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
| Electricity  | 4.6144753    | 0.06         | 4.6144753                   | 0.0                           | 0.0/500.0          |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+

Day: 1
Time: 2:00
+--------------+--------------+--------------+
|   Utility    |    Meter     |    Cost(GPB) |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+
| Water        | 0.0          | 0.00         |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
| Utility name |    Meter     |   Cost(GPB)  | Units drawn from the mains  |  Units drawn from the battery |Units in the battery|
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+
| Electricity  | 10.39253     | 0.14         | 10.39253                    | 0.0                           | 0.0/500.0          |
+--------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+--------------------+

The total cost is: 0.20GPB