Package org.tweetyproject.logics.pl.postulates

Class ImMonotony

java.lang.Object

org.tweetyproject.logics.pl.postulates.ImPostulate

org.tweetyproject.logics.pl.postulates.ImMonotony

All Implemented Interfaces:

Postulate<PlFormula>

public class ImMonotony
extends ImPostulate

The "monotony" postulate for inconsistency measures: Adding information to a belief base cannot decrease the inconsistency value.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.tweetyproject.logics.pl.postulates.ImPostulate

ADJUNCTIONINVARIANCE, ATTENUATION, CONSISTENCY, CONTRADICTION, DOMINANCE, EQUALCONFLICT, EXCHANGE, FREEFORMULADILUTION, FREEFORMULAINDEPENDENCE, IRRELEVANCEOFSYNTAX, MINORMALIZATION, MISEPARABILITY, MONOTONY, NORMALIZATION, PENALTY, SAFEFORMULAINDEPENDENCE, SUPERADDITIVITY, WEAKDOMINANCE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getName()	The textual name of the postulate
boolean	isApplicable(Collection<PlFormula> 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(Collection<PlFormula> kb, BeliefSetInconsistencyMeasure<PlFormula> ev)

Methods inherited from class org.tweetyproject.logics.pl.postulates.ImPostulate

isSatisfied

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Details

isApplicable

public boolean isApplicable(Collection<PlFormula> 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<PlFormula>

Specified by:

isApplicable in class ImPostulate

Parameters:

kb - some knowledge base

Returns:

true if the knowledge base is a non trivial instance of this postulate.

isSatisfied

public boolean isSatisfied(Collection<PlFormula> kb,
 BeliefSetInconsistencyMeasure<PlFormula> ev)

Specified by:

isSatisfied in class ImPostulate

Parameters:

kb - collection of formulas

ev - BeliefSet Inconsistency Measure

Returns:

whether the formulas are satisfied

getName

public String getName()

Description copied from interface: Postulate

The textual name of the postulate

Returns:

a string