agents

Class HealthInsuranceCompany

java.lang.Object

agents.Agent

agents.HealthInsuranceCompany

public class HealthInsuranceCompany
extends Agent

Version:

1.0

Author:

Alan Mills

This class implements the Health Insurance Company. The health insurance company pays claims to PCPs and Specialists, assesses the performance quality of PCPs and Specialists, and determines which PCPs and Specialists will remain in the network. There is one Insurance company. All people in the community have health insurance through the Insurance Company.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HealthInsuranceCompany(AgentID pHealthInsuranceCompanyID) Constructs a HealthInsuranceCompany agent.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getHealthInsuranceCompanyGoal1() Returns the HealthInsuranceCompany's first goal as a string.
java.lang.String	getHealthInsuranceCompanyGoal2() Returns the HealthInsuranceCompany's second goal as a string.
java.lang.String	getHealthInsuranceCompanyGoal3() Returns the HealthInsuranceCompany's third goal as a string.
void	i1_GetClaimSubmissions()
void	init_InitializeVariables_BOY() Initializes variables (used at the beginning of each simulation period).
void	init_InitializeVariables_Constructor() Initializes variables (used in the constructor).
void	p1_UpdateNetworkStatus()
java.lang.String	probe_GetHealthInsuranceCompanyIDString() Returns the Health Insurance Company's identification number as a string.
Goal	r1_DetermineFirstGoal()
java.util.ArrayList<AgentID>	r2_DetermineIneffectivePhysicians(int numberOfPreviousPeriods)
java.util.ArrayList<AgentID>	r3_DetermineUnderUtilizedPhysicians()

Methods inherited from class agents.Agent

getAgentFirstPriorityGoalDescription, getAgentID, getAgentSecondPriorityGoalDescription, getAgentXLocation, getAgentYLocation, setAgentFirstPriorityGoalDescription, setAgentID, setAgentSecondPriorityGoalDescription, setAgentXLocation, setAgentYLocation

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HealthInsuranceCompany

public HealthInsuranceCompany(AgentID pHealthInsuranceCompanyID)

Constructs a HealthInsuranceCompany agent. The constructor sets the Health Insurance Company's attributes based on input parameters.

Parameters:

pSpace - The identifier for the "space" simulation environment.

pHealthInsuranceCompanyID - The HealthInsuranceCompany's identifier.

Method Detail

init_InitializeVariables_Constructor

public void init_InitializeVariables_Constructor()

Initializes variables (used in the constructor).

init_InitializeVariables_BOY

public void init_InitializeVariables_BOY()

Initializes variables (used at the beginning of each simulation period).

i1_GetClaimSubmissions

public void i1_GetClaimSubmissions()

p1_UpdateNetworkStatus

public void p1_UpdateNetworkStatus()

r1_DetermineFirstGoal

public Goal r1_DetermineFirstGoal()

r2_DetermineIneffectivePhysicians

public java.util.ArrayList<AgentID> r2_DetermineIneffectivePhysicians(int numberOfPreviousPeriods)

r3_DetermineUnderUtilizedPhysicians

public java.util.ArrayList<AgentID> r3_DetermineUnderUtilizedPhysicians()

probe_GetHealthInsuranceCompanyIDString

public java.lang.String probe_GetHealthInsuranceCompanyIDString()

Returns the Health Insurance Company's identification number as a string.

Returns:

the Health Insurance Company's identification number as a string.

getHealthInsuranceCompanyGoal1

public java.lang.String getHealthInsuranceCompanyGoal1()

Returns the HealthInsuranceCompany's first goal as a string.

Returns:

A string with the HealthInsuranceCompany's first goal.

getHealthInsuranceCompanyGoal2

public java.lang.String getHealthInsuranceCompanyGoal2()

Returns the HealthInsuranceCompany's second goal as a string.

Returns:

A string with the HealthInsuranceCompany's second goal

getHealthInsuranceCompanyGoal3

public java.lang.String getHealthInsuranceCompanyGoal3()

Returns the HealthInsuranceCompany's third goal as a string.

Returns:

A string with the HealthInsuranceCompany's third goal