Package org.tweetyproject.arg.deductive.accumulator

Class SimpleAccumulator

java.lang.Object

org.tweetyproject.arg.deductive.accumulator.SimpleAccumulator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Accumulator

public class SimpleAccumulator
extends Object
implements Accumulator

This implementation of an accumulator simply sums up the categorizations of the argument trees. Values of pro-trees are added and values of con-trees are subtracted.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SimpleAccumulator()

Method Summary

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

SimpleAccumulator

public SimpleAccumulator()

Method Details

accumulate

public double accumulate(List<Double> pro,
 List<Double> contra)

Description copied from interface: Accumulator

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.

Specified by:

accumulate in interface Accumulator

Parameters:

pro - some doubles.

contra - some doubles.

Returns:

a double.