ArguingAgent (Tweety (Dialogue Systems Library) 1.15 API)

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.tweety.agents.Agent
- - net.sf.tweety.agents.dialogues.oppmodels.ArguingAgent

```
public class ArguingAgent
extends net.sf.tweety.agents.Agent
```
This class represent a general arguing agent with an belief state.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`ArguingAgent(GroundedGameSystem.AgentFaction faction, BeliefState beliefState)`	Create a new agent with the given name and belief state.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`BeliefState`	`getBeliefState()`	Returns the belief state of the agent.
`GroundedGameSystem.AgentFaction`	`getFaction()`	Returns the faction of the agent.
`protected double`	`getUtility(DialogueTrace<net.sf.tweety.arg.dung.syntax.Argument,net.sf.tweety.arg.dung.semantics.Extension> trace)`	Assess the given dialogue trace with the belief states utility function.
`net.sf.tweety.agents.Executable`	`next(Collection<? extends net.sf.tweety.agents.Perceivable> percepts)`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.tweety.agents.Agent
getName, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ArguingAgent
```
public ArguingAgent(GroundedGameSystem.AgentFaction faction,
                    BeliefState beliefState)
```
    Create a new agent with the given name and belief state.
    
    Parameters:
    
    faction - the type of the agent.
    
    beliefState - a belief state
- Method Detail
  - getFaction
```
public GroundedGameSystem.AgentFaction getFaction()
```
    Returns the faction of the agent.
    
    Returns:
    
    the faction of the agent.
  - getBeliefState
```
public BeliefState getBeliefState()
```
    Returns the belief state of the agent.
    
    Returns:
    
    the belief state of the agent.
  - next
```
public net.sf.tweety.agents.Executable next(Collection<? extends net.sf.tweety.agents.Perceivable> percepts)
```
    Specified by:
    
    next in class net.sf.tweety.agents.Agent
  - getUtility
```
protected double getUtility(DialogueTrace<net.sf.tweety.arg.dung.syntax.Argument,net.sf.tweety.arg.dung.semantics.Extension> trace)
```
    Assess the given dialogue trace with the belief states utility function.
    
    Parameters:
    
    trace - a dialogue trace
    
    Returns:
    
    the utility of this agent for this dialog trace