Can be run with

python pw_argumentation.py

This is the main script to run the argumentation. The two agents argue until one of them run out of arguments.

make install

Run tests for the preferences and arguments.

pytest

Explanation of our choices in critical files and classes.

ArgumentAgent has the attribute items_with_infos which is of type Dict[Item, Dict[CriterionName, CriterionValue]]

Preferences takes as a parameters a parameter of type Dict[Item, Dict[CriterionName, CriterionValue]] to keep track of all the preferences.

Each argument is a list of the following format: [Item, CriterionName, CriterionValue].

We chose to implement three types of argument:

• get_proposal which allows to find the best or worst value for any criterion
• get_counter_proposal which allows the agent to counter an argument with a criterion that is more important for them than the one used by the opponent
• get_other_item_with_better_value_for_same_criterion which allows to find a better item for the criterion used by the opponent

Depending on the situation (the last used arguments for example), the agent chooses an argument strategy with get_argument.