Package de.monochromata.anaphors.cog.activation

Interface Activatable

All Known Subinterfaces:
Chunk<T>
All Known Implementing Classes:
DefaultChunk
public interface Activatable
An entity that can have an activation value calculated by an activation formula.

The activation of an activatable can be computed for arbitary points in time, as defined in ActivationFormula.

Since:
1.0.146

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    EstimatedActivationValue getEstimatedActivationValue​(long timestamp)
    Returns the estimated activation value of this activatable object at the given timestamp.

  • Method Details

    • getEstimatedActivationValue

      EstimatedActivationValue getEstimatedActivationValue​(long timestamp)
      Returns the estimated activation value of this activatable object at the given timestamp.

      If this method is invoked multiple times with the same timestamp, it might return the same EstimatedActivationValue or another instance that is equal to the previous ones (i.e. newResult.compareTo(oldResult) == 0).

      Parameters:
      timestamp - A timestamp as returned by System.currentTimeMillis().
      Returns:
      The activation value at the given timestamp.