Package net.sf.tweety.agents.dialogues.oppmodels

Class UtilityFunction<S,T extends Collection<S>>

java.lang.Object

net.sf.tweety.agents.dialogues.oppmodels.UtilityFunction<S,T>

Type Parameters:

S - The type of elements in a move

T - The type of moves in this dialgoue trace

Direct Known Subclasses:

GroundedGameUtilityFunction

public abstract class UtilityFunction<S,T extends Collection<S>>
extends Object

Objects of this class represent utility function that assess dialogue traces.

Author:

Tjitze Rienstra, Matthias Thimm

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
UtilityFunction()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract double	getUtility(DialogueTrace<S,T> t)	Gives the utility of the given dialogue trace.
abstract double	getUtility(DialogueTrace<S,T> t, Set<S> additionalArguments, Set<net.sf.tweety.arg.dung.syntax.Attack> additionalAttacks)	Gives the utility of the given dialogue trace that takes the additional arguments and attacks into account.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

UtilityFunction

public UtilityFunction()

Method Detail

getUtility

public abstract double getUtility(DialogueTrace<S,T> t)

Gives the utility of the given dialogue trace.

Parameters:

t - some dialogue trace.

Returns:

the utility of the trace

getUtility

public abstract double getUtility(DialogueTrace<S,T> t,
                                  Set<S> additionalArguments,
                                  Set<net.sf.tweety.arg.dung.syntax.Attack> additionalAttacks)

Gives the utility of the given dialogue trace that takes the additional arguments and attacks into account.

Parameters:

t - some dialogue trace.

additionalArguments - a set of arguments that have to be taken into account

additionalAttacks - a set of attacks that have to be taken into account

Returns:

the utility of the trace