net.sf.tweety.arg.deductive.accumulator

Interface Accumulator

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleAccumulator

public interface Accumulator

Classes implementing this interface represent accumulators in the sense of Definition 8.11 in

Philippe Besnard and Anthony Hunter. A logic-based theory of deductive arguments. In Artificial Intelligence, 128(1-2):203-235, 2001.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
double	accumulate(java.util.List<java.lang.Double> pro, java.util.List<java.lang.Double> contra) Accumulates the pros and contras of the given list into a single double.

Method Detail

accumulate

double accumulate(java.util.List<java.lang.Double> pro,
                  java.util.List<java.lang.Double> contra)

Accumulates the pros and contras of the given list into a single double. The higher the value the more convincing the pros, the lower the more convincing the contras. In general, if the value is greater 0 then the query under consideration can be accepted.

Parameters:

pro - some doubles.

contra - some doubles.

Returns:

a double.