ImMonotony (Tweety (Propositional Logic) 1.17 API)

java.lang.Object
- net.sf.tweety.logics.pl.postulates.ImPostulate
- - net.sf.tweety.logics.pl.postulates.ImMonotony

All Implemented Interfaces:

net.sf.tweety.commons.postulates.Postulate<PlFormula>
```
public class ImMonotony
extends ImPostulate
```
The "monotony" postulate for inconsistency measures: Adding information to a belief base cannot decrease the inconsistency value.

Author:

Matthias Thimm

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class net.sf.tweety.logics.pl.postulates.ImPostulate
  ADJUNCTIONINVARIANCE, ATTENUATION, CONSISTENCY, CONTRADICTION, DOMINANCE, EQUALCONFLICT, EXCHANGE, FREEFORMULADILUTION, FREEFORMULAINDEPENDENCE, IRRELEVANCEOFSYNTAX, MINORMALIZATION, MISEPARABILITY, MONOTONY, NORMALIZATION, PENALTY, SAFEFORMULAINDEPENDENCE, SUPERADDITIVITY, WEAKDOMINANCE

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected ImMonotony()
Protected constructor so one uses only the single instance ImPostulate.MONOTONY

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getName()`
`boolean`	`isApplicable(Collection<PlFormula> kb)`
`boolean`	`isSatisfied(Collection<PlFormula> kb, net.sf.tweety.logics.commons.analysis.BeliefSetInconsistencyMeasure<PlFormula> ev)`

Methods inherited from class net.sf.tweety.logics.pl.postulates.ImPostulate
isSatisfied

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

- Constructor Detail
  - ImMonotony
```
protected ImMonotony()
```
    Protected constructor so one uses only the single instance ImPostulate.MONOTONY
- Method Detail
  - isApplicable
```
public boolean isApplicable(Collection<PlFormula> kb)
```
    Specified by:
    
    isApplicable in interface net.sf.tweety.commons.postulates.Postulate<PlFormula>
    
    Specified by:
    
    isApplicable in class ImPostulate
  - isSatisfied
```
public boolean isSatisfied(Collection<PlFormula> kb,
                           net.sf.tweety.logics.commons.analysis.BeliefSetInconsistencyMeasure<PlFormula> ev)
```
    Specified by:
    
    isSatisfied in class ImPostulate
  - getName
```
public String getName()
```