1. Power Market Game

2. Group Info Team Members Brian Jacobowitz (CprE) Corey Peterson (CprE)
Kurt Niggemeyer (CprE)
Client/Advisor
Prof Gerald Sheble (Power Systems)
Additional Advisors
Prof Charles Richter (Power Systems)
Valentin Petrov (EE)

3. Presentation Overview
Background
Problem Statement
Functional Requirements
Design Constraints
Users
Limitations
Technical Approach
Product
Game Info
Milestones
Budget
Future Work
Lessons Learned
Summary

4. Background Power market confusing to users
Popularity of stock trading games

5. Problem Statement
Create GUI (Graphical User Interface) and network solutions for the power market game. This interface will provide a user friendly environment for players to get a feeling for how the power market works.

6. Functional Requirements
Web-based
Login
Timer
Activity Log
Graphs
Submit Bids
Display Status
Documentation

7. Design Constraints Accessible Web based Java User-friendly
Multi-user Capable

8. Users Limitations Professors and students Researchers
Fast Internet connection
Up to 24 players
Java capable web browser

9. Technical Approach Decide on project
Java vs. Visual Basic vs. C++ Builder
SWING vs. AWT
Applet vs. stand-alone application
Development tools:
Java JDK
Metrowerks Codewarrior
Client/Server interactions

10. Product
Client
Server
Java components
Documentation

11. Game Info Client Server ESCO/GENCO Place buy/sell bids
User-friendly documentation
Server
Preferences
Monitor all transactions and statistics

12. Client Startup

13. Client Main

14. Server Startup

15. Server Main

16. Milestones Learning Genetic Algorithms
Getting specifications finalized
Getting and using development tools
Learning Java
Getting applets to work on the web and with the server

17. Budget Financial Personnel Planned: $950 Actual: $39
Planned: 180 hours per person
Actual: 200 hours per person

18. Future Work User testing/Interface improvement
Buy power by hour instead of day
Note: any non-interface changes will need to be done concurrently with the server program
Configure CGI scripts through an applet

19. Lessons Learned Time management Stay on task
Learn specifics as early as possible
Be flexible
Loss of group member
Project change

20. Summary GUI and Network solutions Worked through project difficulties
Thanks

21. Questions?