net.sf.tweety.arg.deductive.categorizer

Interface Categorizer

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClassicalCategorizer, CredibilityCategorizer, HCategorizer

public interface Categorizer

Classes implementing this interface represent categorizer in the sense of Definition 8.10 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	categorize(ArgumentTree argumentTree) This method categorizes the given argument tree.

Method Detail

categorize

double categorize(ArgumentTree argumentTree)

This method categorizes the given argument tree. In general, the semantics of this function is that a higher value of this categorization means a higher belief in the claim of the root argument of the argument tree.

Parameters:

argumentTree - some argument tree.

Returns:

the categorization of the argument tree.