GeneralizedSpecificity

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.tweety.arg.delp.semantics.ComparisonCriterion
- - net.sf.tweety.arg.delp.semantics.GeneralizedSpecificity

```
public final class GeneralizedSpecificity
extends ComparisonCriterion
```
This class implements the generalized specificity criterion used to compare two arguments. Using this criterion, an argument is more specific (better) than another argument if the former uses more facts or less rules.

See

[1] Stolzenburg, F. and Garcia, A. and Chesnevar, Carlos I. and Simari, Guillermo R.. Computing Generalized Specificity. In Journal of Non-Classical Logics, 2003. Volume 13(1):87-113.

for more information.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Nested Class Summary
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class net.sf.tweety.arg.delp.semantics.ComparisonCriterion
  ComparisonCriterion.Factory, ComparisonCriterion.Result

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

GeneralizedSpecificity()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ComparisonCriterion.Result`	`compare(DelpArgument argument1, DelpArgument argument2, DefeasibleLogicProgram context)`	This method returns the relation of `argument1` to `argument2` given `context`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - GeneralizedSpecificity
```
public GeneralizedSpecificity()
```
- Method Detail
  - compare
```
public ComparisonCriterion.Result compare(DelpArgument argument1,
                                          DelpArgument argument2,
                                          DefeasibleLogicProgram context)
```
    Description copied from class: ComparisonCriterion
    
    This method returns the relation of argument1 to argument2 given context.
    
    Specified by:
    
    compare in class ComparisonCriterion
    
    Parameters:
    
    argument1 - a DeLP argument
    
    argument2 - a DeLP argument
    
    context - a defeasible logic program as context
    
    Returns:
    
    - Result.IS_BETTER iff argument1 is better than argument2
    - Result.IS_WORSE iff argument1 is worse than argument2
    - Result.IS_EQUAL iff argument1 and argument2 are in the same equivalence class
    - Result.NOT_COMPARABLE iff argument1 and argument2 are not comparable