RaIncreaseOfDefenseBranch

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.tweety.arg.rankings.postulates.RankingPostulate
- - net.sf.tweety.arg.rankings.postulates.RaIncreaseOfDefenseBranch

All Implemented Interfaces:

Postulate<Argument>
```
public class RaIncreaseOfDefenseBranch
extends RankingPostulate
```
The "increase of defense branch" postulate for ranking semantics as formalized in [Bonzon, Delobelle, Konieczny, Maudet. A Comparative Study of Ranking-Based Semantics for Abstract Argumentation. 2016]: Increasing the length of a defense branch of an argument degrades its ranking.

Author:

Anna Gessler

See Also:

RaStrictAdditionOfDefenseBranch

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class net.sf.tweety.arg.rankings.postulates.RankingPostulate
  ABSTRACTION, ADDITIONOFATTACKBRANCH, ADDITIONOFDEFENSEBRANCH, ATTACKVSFULLDEFENSE, CARDINALITYPRECEDENCE, COUNTERTRANSITIVITY, DEFENSEPRECEDENCE, DISTDEFENSEPRECEDENCE, INCREASEOFATTACKBRANCH, INCREASEOFDEFENSEBRANCH, INDEPENDENCE, NONATTACKEDEQUIVALENCE, QUALITYPRECEDENCE, SELFCONTRADICTION, STRICTADDITIONOFDEFENSEBRANCH, STRICTCOUNTERTRANSITIVITY, TOTAL, VOIDPRECEDENCE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

RaIncreaseOfDefenseBranch()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`	The textual name of the postulate
`boolean`	`isApplicable(java.util.Collection<Argument> kb)`	Checks whether the given kb represents a non-trivial instance for this postulate, i.e., whether assumptions of this postulates are satisfied (evaluating an approach on a non-applicable instance always succeeds).
`boolean`	`isSatisfied(java.util.Collection<Argument> kb, AbstractRankingReasoner<ArgumentRanking> ev)`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.tweety.arg.rankings.postulates.RankingPostulate
isSatisfied

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

- Constructor Detail
  - RaIncreaseOfDefenseBranch
```
public RaIncreaseOfDefenseBranch()
```
- Method Detail
  - getName
```
public java.lang.String getName()
```
    Description copied from interface: Postulate
    
    The textual name of the postulate
    
    Returns:
    
    a string
  - isApplicable
```
public boolean isApplicable(java.util.Collection<Argument> kb)
```
    Description copied from interface: Postulate
    
    Checks whether the given kb represents a non-trivial instance for this postulate, i.e., whether assumptions of this postulates are satisfied (evaluating an approach on a non-applicable instance always succeeds).
    
    Specified by:
    
    isApplicable in interface Postulate<Argument>
    
    Specified by:
    
    isApplicable in class RankingPostulate
    
    Parameters:
    
    kb - some knowledge base
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the knowledge base is a non trivial instance of this postulate.
  - isSatisfied
```
public boolean isSatisfied(java.util.Collection<Argument> kb,
                           AbstractRankingReasoner<ArgumentRanking> ev)
```
    Specified by:
    
    isSatisfied in class RankingPostulate