bdi4jade.reasoning

Interface DeliberationFunction

All Superinterfaces:

ReasoningStrategy

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultDeliberationFunction

public interface DeliberationFunction
extends ReasoningStrategy

This interface defines the deliberation function to be used within the scope of a capability. This strategy is used for selecting a set of goals that must be tried (intentions) from the set of goals.

Author:

Ingrid Nunes

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Set<GoalUpdateSet.GoalDescription>	filter(java.util.Set<GoalUpdateSet.GoalDescription> goals) Selects the goals that must be tried to achieve and the ones.

Methods inherited from interface bdi4jade.reasoning.ReasoningStrategy

setCapability

Method Detail

filter

java.util.Set<GoalUpdateSet.GoalDescription> filter(java.util.Set<GoalUpdateSet.GoalDescription> goals)

Selects the goals that must be tried to achieve and the ones. Goals that are not selected will have its status set to waiting;

Parameters:

goals - the list of current goals dispatched by the capability associated with this strategy.

Returns:

the list of selected goals (which are in the for of GoalUpdateSet.GoalDescription), which will become intentions.