csli.util
Class FuzzyBoolean

java.lang.Object
  csli.util.FuzzyBoolean

public class FuzzyBoolean
extends Object

Contains a probability. Can still function in place of a Boolean, based on a threshold.

Author:

Danilo Mirkovic

Field Summary

static FuzzyBoolean	FALSE
static double	THRESHOLD
static FuzzyBoolean	TRUE

Constructor Summary

FuzzyBoolean(boolean value)
Allocates a FuzzyBoolean based on the boolean flag

FuzzyBoolean(double probability)
Allocates a FuzzyBoolean with the specified probability

FuzzyBoolean(String s)
Allocates a FuzzyBoolean representing a value argument

Method Summary

boolean	booleanValue()
boolean	equals(Object o) True if the object is a FuzzyBoolean with the same probability
double	getProbability() Returns the probability of this boolean.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

THRESHOLD

public static final double THRESHOLD

See Also:

Constant Field Values

TRUE

public static final FuzzyBoolean TRUE

FALSE

public static final FuzzyBoolean FALSE

Constructor Detail

FuzzyBoolean

public FuzzyBoolean(String s)

Allocates a FuzzyBoolean representing a value argument

Parameters:

s - string "true", "false" or a double value between 0 and 1, e.g. 0.50

FuzzyBoolean

public FuzzyBoolean(boolean value)

Allocates a FuzzyBoolean based on the boolean flag

Parameters:

value - if true, probability is 1, if false, 0

FuzzyBoolean

public FuzzyBoolean(double probability)

Allocates a FuzzyBoolean with the specified probability

Parameters:

probability - should be in [0,1], set to either 0 of 1 if outside

Method Detail

getProbability

public double getProbability()

Returns the probability of this boolean. Guaranteed to be in [0,1]

Returns:

booleanValue

public boolean booleanValue()

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

True if the object is a FuzzyBoolean with the same probability

Overrides:

equals in class Object