//Creates a collection of attributes that contain only Credibility
public static Attribs AttributesWithCredibility(int credibilityValue)
{
Attribs at = new Attribs();
at[Attribs.Credibility] = credibilityValue;
return(at);
}
//Sums the distances of attributes that are present in the 'comparedAttributes' collection
//If one of the dictionaries does not contain the given attribute, no penalty is added (distance is 0).
public static int Distance(Attribs coll1, Attribs coll2, List <Attrib> comparedAttributes)
{
int distance = 0;
foreach (var attribute in comparedAttributes)
{
if (coll1.Values.ContainsKey(attribute) && coll2.Values.ContainsKey(attribute))
{
distance += Math.Abs(coll1.Values[attribute] - coll2.Values[attribute]);
}
}
return(distance);
}
public static int AttribsDifference(Attribs a, Attribs b, Attrib attributeName)
{
return(a.Values[attributeName] - b.Values[attributeName]);
}
public void SetValue(Attrib attrib, int value)
{
Attribs states = AllStates[attrib.Category];
states[attrib] = value;
}
public int GetValue(Attrib attrib)
{
Attribs states = AllStates[attrib.Category];
return(states[attrib]);
}