Game Const

The GameConst class exists to set up all the constants used during simulation. It is a final class consisting of static variables and hence cannot be altered once instantiated. All variables are public static final.

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To-Do:

• Justify the constants chosen

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Useful Links:

• Country data (google doc)

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Data Members:

• GROWTH_MARKET_STATE

  • default value: 0.05
  • Sets rate of growth of growing world market

• STABLE_MARKET_STATE

  • default value: 0.02
  • Sets rate of growth of stable world market

• RECESSION_MARKET_STATE

  • default value: 0.03
  • Sets rate of growth of recession world market

• GROWTH_MARKET_\CHANCE

  • default value: 0.1
  • Chance of a growing world market

• STABLE_MARKET_CHANCE

  • default value: 0.8
  • Chance of a stable world market

• RECESSION_MARKET_CHANCE

  • default value: 0.1
  • Chance of a recession world market

• ECONOMIC_OUTPUT_REDUCTION

  • default value: 1
  • we don't know what this is

• CARBON_INVESTMENT_PRICE

  • default value: 1
  • Price of investment in one extra ton of carbon per year

• GROWTH_SCALER

  • default value: 0.001
  • Normalises value of GDP rate increase

• PERCENTAGE_OF_GDP

  • default value: 0.1
  • % of GDP available to spend on development

• CARBON_REDUCTION_COEFF

  • default value: 1
  • Coefficient to calculate the cost of carbon reduction

• CARBON_ABSORPTION_COEFF

  • default value: 1
  • Coefficient to calculate the cost of carbon absorption

• FOREST_BLOCK_SIZE

  • default value: 100
  • Size of a block of arable land

• FOREST_CARBON_OFFSET

  • default value: 10
  • Amount of cabon (in tons) offset by a single unit of forest