Class CautiousArgumentationAgent


  • public class CautiousArgumentationAgent
    extends OvercautiousArgumentationAgent
    This class models a cautious argumentation agent, i.e. an agent that only brings forward arguments that cannot be harmful to this agent's goal of proving some given proposition but are inherently necessary in order to prove the agent's focal element.
    Author:
    Matthias Thimm
    • Constructor Detail

      • CautiousArgumentationAgent

        public CautiousArgumentationAgent​(StructuredArgumentationFramework view,
                                          UtilityFunction utility,
                                          Proposition focalElement)
        Creates a new (non-single-step) agent with the given (local) view and utility function.
        Parameters:
        view - the view of the agent on the argumentation.
        utility - a utility function.
        focalElement - the focal element of this agent.
      • CautiousArgumentationAgent

        public CautiousArgumentationAgent​(StructuredArgumentationFramework view,
                                          UtilityFunction utility,
                                          boolean isSingleStep,
                                          Proposition focalElement)
        Creates a new agent with the given (local) view and utility function.
        Parameters:
        view - the view of the agent on the argumentation.
        utility - a utility function.
        isSingleStep - indicates whether this agent is a single-step argumentation agent, i.e. whether he may bring forward only one argument at a time or multiple.
        focalElement - the focal element of this agent.
    • Method Detail

      • next

        public Executable next​(java.util.Collection<? extends Perceivable> percepts)
        Description copied from class: Agent
        Determines the next action of this agent wrt. the given percepts.
        Overrides:
        next in class OvercautiousArgumentationAgent
        Parameters:
        percepts - a collection of percepts.
        Returns:
        an action.
      • necessaryArguments

        protected java.util.Set<Argument> necessaryArguments()
        Computes the set of necessary arguments for this agent's focal element, i.e. the intersection of all argument structures claiming this agent's focal element.
        Returns:
        the set of necessary arguments for this agent's focal element.