Package net.sf.tweety.agents.dialogues.structured

Class SasAgent

java.lang.Object

net.sf.tweety.agents.Agent

net.sf.tweety.agents.dialogues.structured.SasAgent

Direct Known Subclasses:

OvercautiousArgumentationAgent, TruthfulArgumentationAgent

public abstract class SasAgent
extends Agent

This class represents an agent in a structured argumentation system.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SasAgent(StructuredArgumentationFramework view, UtilityFunction utility)	Creates a new (non-single-step) SasAgent with the given (local) view and utility function.
SasAgent(StructuredArgumentationFramework view, UtilityFunction utility, boolean isSingleStep)	Creates a new SasAgent with the given (local) view and utility function.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isSingleStep()	Checks whether this agent is a single-step argumentation agent, i.e.
Executable	next(java.util.Collection<? extends Perceivable> percepts)	Determines the next action of this agent wrt.
int	rank(java.util.Collection<? extends Proposition> propositions)	Ranks the given collection of propositions wrt.

Methods inherited from class net.sf.tweety.agents.Agent

getName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SasAgent

public SasAgent(StructuredArgumentationFramework view,
                UtilityFunction utility)

Creates a new (non-single-step) SasAgent with the given (local) view and utility function.

Parameters:

view - the view of the agent on the argumentation.

utility - a utility function.

SasAgent

public SasAgent(StructuredArgumentationFramework view,
                UtilityFunction utility,
                boolean isSingleStep)

Creates a new SasAgent 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.

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.

Specified by:

next in class Agent

Parameters:

percepts - a collection of percepts.

Returns:

an action.

isSingleStep

public boolean isSingleStep()

Checks whether this agent is a single-step argumentation agent, i.e. whether he may bring forward only one argument at a time or multiple.

Returns:

"true" if this agent is a single-step agent.

rank

public int rank(java.util.Collection<? extends Proposition> propositions)

Ranks the given collection of propositions wrt. this agent's utility function.

Parameters:

propositions - a collection of propositions.

Returns:

the rank of the given collection of propositions wrt. this agent's utility function.