An S4 class to declare a demand in the model

Usage

newDemand(
  name = "",
  desc = character(),
  commodity = character(),
  unit = character(),
  dem = data.frame(),
  region = character(),
  misc = list()
)

Value

demand object with given specifications.

Slots

name

short name (character) used in sets.

desc

optional desc, comment (character).

commodity

character. Name of the commodity for which the demand will be specified.

unit

character. (optional) unit of the commodity.

dem

specification of the demand, a data.frame with columns:

region: character. Name of the region for which the demand will be specified. NA for every regions
year: integer. Year of the demand. NA for every year.
slice: character. Name of the slice for which the demand will be specified. NA for every slice.
dem: numeric. Value of the demand.

region

character. Optional name of region to narrow the specification of the demand in the case of used NAs. Error will be returned if specified regions in `@dem` are not mensioned in the `@region` slot (if the slot is not empty).

misc

list. Optional list of additional information.