Package org.tweetyproject.logics.pcl.analysis

Class MinimumViolationMachineShop

java.lang.Object

org.tweetyproject.logics.pcl.analysis.MinimumViolationMachineShop

All Implemented Interfaces:

BeliefBaseMachineShop

public class MinimumViolationMachineShop
extends Object
implements BeliefBaseMachineShop

Repairs a probabilistic belief base by taking the probabilities from the probability function that minimizes the "minimum violation inconsistency measure".

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MinimumViolationMachineShop(RealVectorNorm norm)	Creates a new machine shop for the norm

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
BeliefBase	repair(BeliefBase beliefBase)	Repairs the given belief base, i.e.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MinimumViolationMachineShop

public MinimumViolationMachineShop(RealVectorNorm norm)

Creates a new machine shop for the norm

Parameters:

norm - some norm.

Method Details

repair

public BeliefBase repair(BeliefBase beliefBase)

Description copied from interface: BeliefBaseMachineShop

Repairs the given belief base, i.e. restores consistency.

Specified by:

repair in interface BeliefBaseMachineShop

Parameters:

beliefBase - a possibly inconsistent belief base.

Returns:

a consistent belief base that is as close as possible to the given belief base. NOTE: if the given belief base is consistent this method is expected to return it unmodified.