CarneadesDSL-1.3: An implementation and DSL for the Carneades argumentation model.

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Language.Carneades.Input

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Description

This is the input module accompanying the implementation of Carneades. It defines a simple parser for a Carneades Argument Evaluation Structure (CAES).

Files are assumed to have the following order of content: one argument or attack on each line, ending in a dot. (Our parser is slightly more relaxed than this and doesn't care about whitespace.)

att(a1,a2). or arg(a1).

Argument names are assumed to consist only of letters and numbers. Arguments used in attacks should be declared separately as well.

For a complete example see http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~bmv/Code/examplecaes.txt (also included as an additional source file) or see the accompanying ExampleCAES module.

Synopsis

Parsing functions

parseCAES :: String -> Either ParseError CAESSource

Parses a String containing a CAES. If parsing fails, it propagates the parse error.

pCAES :: Parser CAESSource

Parses the definition of a complete Carneades Argument Evaluation Structure (CAES).

A CAES is parsed in multiple stages:

First parsing zero or more arguments: where a complete argument consists of arg or argument followed by an argName (a letter followed by one or more letters and digits, underscore or '; alternatively, a string literal), two lists of propositions, and a conclusion.

Then, zero or more weights, where a weight is declared by the string weight followed by the name of a previously declared argument, and a Double assigned to that argument.

Then, a list of assumptions, where a list of assumptions is just the keyword assumptions followed by a list of propositions.

Then a list of proof standard declarations, where a proof standard is declared by the string standard followed by a proposition and the name of a proof standard.

This is followed by an end of file token.